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Nevertheless, at the insistence of the Comintern representative, Soviet-Kazakhstan political figure T. R. Ryskulov, who previously had no connection to Mongolia, the city was named Ulan Bator Khoto ("City of the Red Hero"). [citation needed] After the vote, he gave a speech: Genghis Khan was a national hero, but he was a conqueror.
Ulaanbaatar was the site of demonstrations that led to Mongolia's transition to democracy and market economy in 1990. On December 10, 1989, protesters outside the Youth Culture Centre called for Mongolia to implement perestroika and glasnost in their full sense. Dissident leaders demanded free elections and economic reform.
This list includes cities in Mongolia of more than 7,500 inhabitants. The results are from the census of January 5, 2000 as well as from a population estimation for the end of 2008. If 2008 year data was not accessible, the closest and most reliable data was used and noted by an index.
From October 1974 tp April 1978 he was ambassador in Ulan Bator (Mongolia). From July 1978 to June 1981 he was ambassador in Bangkok (Thailand). Zhou Enlai: Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal: April 1978: August 1978: Meng Ying zh:孟英 (1921) From January 1965 to January 1966 he was Ambassador in Central Africa.
By the end of the communist era, Mongolia's tallest building was a 16-floor apartment building in Darkhan, constructed in 1985. [1] [2] Since 1990, there was an increase in 9-12 floor buildings, while 16+ floor buildings started appearing since 2010. Mongolia's building code legislations define high-rise buildings as those 16+ floors in height. [3]
The Order of Sukhbaatar (or Order of Suche Bator) is a state decoration of Mongolia, originally instituted on 16 May 1941.It was awarded to Mongolians and foreigners "for special services to defenses, economic and cultural construction of the Mongolian People's Republic, and also for acts of heroism in the struggle against external and internal enemies". [1]
The museum was first established as an exhibition dedicated to the history of Ulaanbaatar which opened on 9 July 1956. In 1960, a resolution of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Republic made the exhibition permanent and relocated it to the current building, establishing it as the Museum of the History and Reconstruction of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolian: Улаанбаатар ...
Sükhbaatar Square (Mongolian: Сүхбаатарын талбай, Sükhbaataryn talbai) is the central square of Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.The square was named for Mongolian revolutionary hero Damdin Sükhbaatar after his death in 1923, and features a monumental equestrian statue of him in its center.