The Mongols gained fame in the 13th century when under Chinggis KHAN they conquered a huge Eurasian empire. After his death the empire was divided into several powerful Mongol states, but these broke apart in the 14th century. The Mongols eventually retired to their original steppe homelands and later came under Chinese rule. Mongolia won its independence in 1921 with Soviet backing. A Communist regime was installed in 1924. During the early 1990s, the ex-Communist Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) gradually yielded its monopoly on power to the Democratic Union Coalition (DUC), which defeated the MPRP in a national election in 1996. Since then, parliamentary elections returned the MPRP overwhelmingly to power in 2000 and produced a coalition government in 2004. To be updated
May 12th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
So a couple of stories just to update my life in the recent week:
Walking to work on Thursday I was suddenly accosted by a Mongolian man walking with his family. He grabbed me quite insistently b ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar So last night I had the distinct pleasure of attending a traditional "horse-head fiddle" (morin khuur) concert. It was really really awesome and I was impressed by how the fiddle has the ability to so ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar So last week we had a morning of snow! I also heard from the International Studies Coordinator at Evergreen that they got an inch of snow on April 19th, setting a record for latest recording of snow. ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar Having just watched the Democrat speeches in North Carolina I feel that I need to take a minute to talk about the the elections.
First of all, I am so excited and I feel so privileged to be alive i ... [full story]
May 1st 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar Okay so the visa thing worked out. Finally.
My boss offered to take the train with me across the Chinese border for a day and then head back but in the end the organization just paid the fines. Thi ... [full story]
April 30th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Gobi Desert Just came back from an unplanned trip from Gobi desert after one week, the price was so cheap that I couldn't resist, and it was worth every mongolian penny, or whatever they are called.
There wer ... 16 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar Now I must admit that I am absolutely furious with my host organization right now. They decided today to check my passport and then take me to immigration where I found out that because I did not regi ... [full story]
April 9th 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar Greetings from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We just got off a day and a half of the train, from Beijing to UB, as the expats call it.
The first night was the train wasn't too bad, it was a bit boring, b ... 9 photos[full story]
April 23rd 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar 1. Mongolia uses Cyrillcs just like Russia. They changed it because it was easier than the traditional writings. The prounciation is still hard to learn though. Many older people understand russian.
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April 23rd 2008Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar Today i would like to tell you a story about what happens when you undo the sink plumbing of a Soviet era building.
Imagine if you will... a daycare. A daycare filled with bright-eyed happy childre ... [full story]
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