Ulan Bator History and Culture

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  • May 1, 2005: ... I changed some money and struck out for the National History Museum, but apparently it's closed on Sundays because it's ...
  • Sep 28, 2009: ... After the monastery we visited the Natural History and National History Museums.  Both were very interesting and gave ...
  • Sep 5, 2007: ... time. A side note to the curators of the Russian National History Museum in Moscow, there is no need to ignore the period ...
  • May 3, 2005: Today I went to the National History Museum (traditional costumes were neat), the Modern Art Gallery (more nice landscape ...
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  • May 1, 2005: ... because it's still the winter season.  So I checked out Sukhbaatar Square right across the street.  It's really big ...
  • Aug 4, 2008: ... the massive buildings to keep their horses. Next we go to Sukhbaatar Square, sort of like a small Tian'anmen Square, with a ...
  • Sep 6, 2007: ... around UB taking in sights such as Sukhbaatar Square, the main square surrounded by imposing buildings along with statues of ...
  • Jul 12, 2009: ... 13th century Mongol-hordee clobber (Jie said 'no').  Sukhbaatar square with its MASSIVE Ghengis Ghan statue outside ...
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  • Sep 28, 2009: ... tour around UB.  We started off at the Gandan Monastery.  The monastery was established in 1835 and was one of the ...
  • Sep 5, 2007: ... ; I think they're richer for it. We visited the Gandan Monastery (short for Gandantegchinlen) and saw its treasure, a 26.5 ...
  • Sep 13, 2007: ... small festival in full swing at the Gandantegchinlen Khiid (aka "Gandan") monastery. At a dozen or more tables set up in the ...
  • Jul 12, 2009: ... which made for a nice atmosphere. A hitched lift with a family up to the Buddhist Gandan monastery rounded off our day.
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  • Sep 5, 2007: ... Bator would be complete without the climb up to the Zaisan Memorial to see the wonderfully kitschy memorial "donated" to the ...
  • Jul 14, 2009: ... saw all the mandatory sights Sukhe Bator Square, Gandan Monatery, Bogd Khan Palace and the Zaisan Memorial. The city is only ...
  • May 7, 2008: ... a hill south of the city. On top of the hill was the Zaisan Memorial and we climbed up a long flight of stairs in the chill ...