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Tsagaan Sar and farewell to Darkhan

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February 9th 2011
Spring has sprung! I am probably speaking too early but there is nothing like seeing (and more importantly, feeling) temperatures in the negative teens (and single figures during the warmest part of the day) rather than negative twenties and thirties! Even the ice melted off my apartment windows! The lead up to Tsagaan Sar (Цагаан сар, literally 'White Month', Mongolian Lunar New Year) ... read more

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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 ... ... read more