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Background: 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.
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October 30th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
The capital city of Mongolia....is....cold, and.....not all that interesting! We spent a day and a half wandering around, and saw all it had to offer. It's very small and sights are limited. The Na ... 9 photos [full story]
The capital city of Mongolia....is....cold, and.....not all that interesting! We spent a day and a half wandering around, and saw all it had to offer. It's very small and sights are limited. The Na ... 9 photos [full story]
12 days ago: JHG published a blog
30 hours, one train and a long border crossing! (Beijing to Ulan Bator)
30 hours, one train and a long border crossing! (Beijing to Ulan Bator)
October 28th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
At 07.45 we boarded a 30 hour train to Ulan Bator! This was going to be the longest journey I had ever done...so far! The three of us had a comfortable four berth cabin to ourselves, with the botto ... 8 photos [full story]
At 07.45 we boarded a 30 hour train to Ulan Bator! This was going to be the longest journey I had ever done...so far! The three of us had a comfortable four berth cabin to ourselves, with the botto ... 8 photos [full story]
November 7th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
I don't know if I've ever been in a city that has renamed and or moved itself as many times as Ulaan Baatar has! When a capitol of the more recent Mongolian empire was first declared it was 1639 and ... 29 photos [full story]
I don't know if I've ever been in a city that has renamed and or moved itself as many times as Ulaan Baatar has! When a capitol of the more recent Mongolian empire was first declared it was 1639 and ... 29 photos [full story]
November 7th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
I wonder about the people that I meet or walk by or attempt to talk to in the course of a day. The edges of their lives just barely touching mine. People that I remember and think about but don ... [full story]
I wonder about the people that I meet or walk by or attempt to talk to in the course of a day. The edges of their lives just barely touching mine. People that I remember and think about but don ... [full story]
October 19th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
Hi Friends, already in Beijing, but now we have time to give you some more details on Mongolia. We spent there 1 week which was way too short... but as there are trains only 3 times a week from ... 13 photos [full story]
Hi Friends, already in Beijing, but now we have time to give you some more details on Mongolia. We spent there 1 week which was way too short... but as there are trains only 3 times a week from ... 13 photos [full story]
August 26th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
Arriving into Mongolia's capital on a chill-some morning, we were met at the train by a hostel rep offering us space in 'UB guesthouse'. Seeming like a good deal we accepted and jumped into a taxi. ... 24 photos [full story]
Arriving into Mongolia's capital on a chill-some morning, we were met at the train by a hostel rep offering us space in 'UB guesthouse'. Seeming like a good deal we accepted and jumped into a taxi. ... 24 photos [full story]
September 18th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
I am in a new apartment this year. This is cause for celebration. Actually I moved at the end of last school year. It is much nicer than my old apartment and close enough to the school that I can w ... [full story]
I am in a new apartment this year. This is cause for celebration. Actually I moved at the end of last school year. It is much nicer than my old apartment and close enough to the school that I can w ... [full story]
February 15th 2007 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
Hey, So we have just about learnt a few words in Russian, please, thankyou and cheers! and we've left the country! After a few more nights filled with vodka shots and midnight trips to the ... [full story]
Hey, So we have just about learnt a few words in Russian, please, thankyou and cheers! and we've left the country! After a few more nights filled with vodka shots and midnight trips to the ... [full story]
71 days ago: shaun dellavedova published a blog
Traffic jams, eating horse and dinosaurs in Ulaanbaatar
Traffic jams, eating horse and dinosaurs in Ulaanbaatar
September 11th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
My introduction to Mongolia involved a broken leg. Not my leg, or anyone on the tour's leg, but the leg of an Australian lady who was taking the Trans Siberian railway, with the same tour company, but ... 32 photos [full story]
My introduction to Mongolia involved a broken leg. Not my leg, or anyone on the tour's leg, but the leg of an Australian lady who was taking the Trans Siberian railway, with the same tour company, but ... 32 photos [full story]
September 4th 2009 Asia » Mongolia » Ulaanbaatar
I once heard someone say, "There are no strangers, only friends we have yet to meet." (Hey Chris) Nowhere has that been made more true than here in Mongolia. Let's see... up until this point, I've ... 24 photos [full story]
I once heard someone say, "There are no strangers, only friends we have yet to meet." (Hey Chris) Nowhere has that been made more true than here in Mongolia. Let's see... up until this point, I've ... 24 photos [full story]
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