Details of former Soviet positions in Mongolia unveiled
Years ahead of the Soviet Union’s last-minute entry into war against Japan towards the end of World War II, the country massivel…
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Showing posts with label History. Show all posts
Centenary Of World War One to be marked by long running projects at the BFI
The British Film Institute will mark the centenary of World War One with a wide-ranging series of programmes of key films, archiv…
Jean McConville timeline: how a 1972 murder returned to haunt Gerry Adams
November 1972: Police in Belfast find a woman disoriented and distressed after being abducted from a bingo hall, taken to a hous…
Heart disease haunted mummies, too
(HealthDay)—Though the pyramids are proof of the ancient Egyptians' architectural skills, new research on mummies tucked away…
In Conversation: On the Trail of Genghis Khan
Australian by birth, author and adventurer Tim Cope decided to train as a wilderness guide in Finland. That led to an adventure …
DOUBLE WORLD RECORD JOY FOR MONGOLIAN HORSE RIDERS
Widely regarded by historians as the greatest conqueror of all time, in a span of just 25 years, Genghis Khan, the founder of the…
WREATH LAID TO MONUMENT OF MONGOLIAN AND SOVIET SOLDIERS
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A ceremony took place last week to lay a wreath to the Monument of Mongolian and Soviet soldiers in Zhangj…
Ts.Tsendsuren: Remnants of our history will be destroyed over the years if we don’t take any action
Journalists recently interviewed Director of Department of Cultural Heritage Ts.Tsendsuren about the Natural History Museum as we…
Mongolian journalism celebrates 100th anniversary today
Mongolia celebrates the 100th anniversary of national journalism today. Various activities and event have been conducted in the l…
“Chinggis Khan and Globalization” forum held
The Chinggis Khan and globalization scientific forum held in honor of the 850th anniversary of the greatest leader of all time wa…
Mongolia's capital topples last Lenin statue
Mongolia's capital has removed its last statue of Lenin, one of the final vestiges of the country's longtime alliance wit…
Cashmere Road reaches 160 stores
The book I devoured over the weekend was “Kaşmir Yolu” (Cashmere Road). The author of the book is Ayşen Zamanpur, the CEO and the…
Mongolia removes last statue of Lenin
ULAN BATOR: Mongolia’s capital has removed its last statue of Lenin, one of the final vestiges of the country’s longtime alliance…
Mongolia capital Ulan-Bator removes Lenin statue
Ulan-Bator, the capital of Mongolia, has removed its last bronze statue of Vladimir Lenin, denouncing the communist leader as a &…
Genghis Khan: Misunderstood Marauder? Fernbank Exhibit Explores
Genghis Khan never set out to create an empire more than 800 years ago, but the Mongolian warrior and his descendants would ultim…
Lenin Statue To Be Removed From Ulan Bator
A statue of Vladimir Lenin will reportedly soon be removed from the Mongolian capital, Ulan Bator. Media reports say authorities …
KUBLAI KHAN: CHINA’S FAVOURITE BARBARIAN
China has a love-hate relationship with what is foreign. Traditionally all people beyond the Great Wall were barbarians – only pa…
The Golden Horde
The term in history usually refers to Mongolian eminence in the battlefield in the era of Genghis Khan's grandson Batu who we…
Maury Kravitz: 1932-2012
Maury Kravitz was a lawyer, a gold trader and a student of history, but he was best known for his fascination with 13th century M…
9 Lessons on Power and Leadership from Genghis Khan
On one end of the leadership spectrum, there is Machiavelli–conniving, ambitious and ruthless. On the other there is Cyrus the Gr…
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