More Mongolian monuments, this time outside of Ulaanbaatar.
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Camel in Terelj |
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Shaman on the western highway out of Ulaanbaatar |
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Shaman |
Цонжин Болдог - Tsonjin Boldog
OK, in the last piece about monuments, I said that Sühbaatar's statue was the most famous, but this one below may be more famous now - at least among foreigners, who've seen it in the news somewhere. (Sühbaatar's statue, being almost 70 years old and from a time when Mongolia was largely closed to the Occident, is unknown to most foreigners, even if it has emotional resonance for Mongolians.) Tsonjin Boldog is a vast and interesting historical 'village' of sorts, but the centerpiece, of course, is the massive, massive statue of Chingis Khaan on a horse.
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The giant statue of Chingis Khaan at Tsonjin Bodlog |
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Smaller equestrian statue guarding the way to Chingis |
The statue is so massive, in fact, that you can climb the stairs
inside it and walk out onto the horse's head.
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Chingis Khaan's face, seen from the top of his horse's head |
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Chingis Khaan's whip |
Covered in glistening metal and sharp angles, and wearing a frown, this Chingis statue projects a hard, rough image. It's appropriate given his reputation as a warrior, but also quite different from the effect of the mellow, aged-bronze Chingis who watches the government building like a wise ancestor. Tsonjin Boldog's statue is bigger and better-known, but the one in Parliament is a better statue, in my opinion at least.
Эрдэнэт - Erdenet
Erdenet is the second-largest city in Mongolia.
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The Russian-Mongolian Friendship Monument. (Найрамдал is 'friendship' in Mongolian. Дружба must be 'friendship' in Russian.) |
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Large Buddha statue outside town. |
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Bulldozer in Erdenet |
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Turtle? Maybe? I really don't know. |
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Anandyn Amar (Анандын Амар), 1886-1941. Early leader of the Mongolian People's Republic who was purged by Choibalsan. |
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Anandyn Amar |
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Odd-looking tower. I couldn't find out what it represents. |
Хархорин - Kharhorin
Kharhorin: better-known in the outside world as Karakorum, once the capital of the Mongol Empire.
Цэцэрлэг - Tsetserleg
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Tower by the government building in Tsetserleg |
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The Buddha on Bulgan Mountain in Tsetserleg |
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Children playing by the feet of the Buddha |
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Sheep on a cliff outside Tsetserleg |
Хашаат - Khashaat
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Four Friendly Animals, near Khashaat sum |
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Giant star in the middle of Khashaat sum. Erected in 1971, it celebrates 50 years of the Mongolian People's party. |
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Socialist star in Khashaat sum |
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Socialist star in Khashaat sum |
And finally, my favorite little statue, the one that I saw almost every day for three years.
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Book in front of the school in Khashaat sum |
Notes
- The result is for the book White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans-Siberian, by Jamie Bisher.
https://books.google.com/books?id=28iPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA355&lpg=PA355&dq=Viktor+Stanislavovich+Kiyakovskii&source=bl&ots=1ufAx3Jl_1&sig=VggsI9C8pkbao7toFsIDMqenI1g&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DPA-VYSdCJCRsQTrnIHwAw&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Viktor%20Stanislavovich%20Kiyakovskii&f=false
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