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  2. Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan - Wikipedia

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    The statue is symbolically pointed east towards his birthplace. It is on top of the Genghis Khan Statue Complex, a visitor centre, itself 10 metres (33 ft) tall, with 36 columns representing the 36 khans from Genghis to Ligdan Khan. It was designed by sculptor D. Erdenebileg and architect J. Enkhjargal and erected and opened in 2008 to honor ...

  3. Sükhbaatar Square - Wikipedia

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    The central statue of Genghis Khan is flanked by Bo'orchu and Muqali. The square's name was changed to Chinggis Square ( Mongolian : Чингисийн талбай , pronounced Chinggisiin Talbai ) in 2013 in honor of Genghis Khan , [ 2 ] but the original name was restored in 2016.

  4. Bo'orchu - Wikipedia

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    Modern statue of Bo'orchu in Sükhbaatar Square, Ulaanbaatar. Bo'orchu (Mongolian: Боорчи, Boorchi) was one of the first and most loyal of Genghis Khan's friends and allies. [1] He first met Genghis Khan as a boy. At that time, Genghis Khan (then Temujin) was looking for his stolen horses.

  5. Equestrian statue - Wikipedia

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    The monument to general Jose Gervasio Artigas in Minas, Uruguay (18 meters tall, 9 meters long, 150,000 kg), was the world's largest equestrian statue until 2008. The current largest is the 40-meter-tall equestrian statue of Genghis Khan at Boldog, 54 km from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, where, according to legend, Genghis Khan found the golden whip.

  6. What’s the story behind the statue in Ben Thanh Plaza in ...

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    The statue honors someone born in Vietnam in 1228. ... Genghis Khan and his Mongols had conquered lands and kingdoms throughout Asia, Middle East, and Central Europe in the 13 th century. Kublai ...

  7. Genghis Khan - Wikipedia

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    Genghis Khan [a] (born Temüjin; c. 1162 – August 1227), also known as Chinggis Khan, [b] was the founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire. After spending most of his life uniting the Mongol tribes , he launched a series of military campaigns , conquering large parts of China and Central Asia .

  8. Hö'elün - Wikipedia

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    Temüjin's 1206 coronation and entitlement as Genghis Khan preceded turmoil in Hö'elün's personal life. At a kurultai (large assembly), the newly-crowned Genghis handed out rewards to those who had aided him during his rise to power—twenty-one paragraphs of the Secret History are devoted to recording the details of the bestowals. [39]

  9. Mausoleum of Genghis Khan - Wikipedia

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    A detail from Strahlenberg's 18th-century map of "Great Tartary", showing "Karakoschun, or, the Tomb of the Great and Famous Genghis Khan" in the southern "Ordus". After Genghis Khan died in or around Gansu [7] on 12 July AD 1227, [8] his remains were supposedly carried back to central Mongolia and buried secretly and without markings, in accordance with his personal directions.