Home Summaries of works on the country's security and foreign policy by Tsedendambyn Batbayar of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. http://www.geocities.com/mongolsec
Login A collection of Mongolian links. http://www.mongol.net
OMS | Mongolia Estadsticas sobre la salud en el pas. Indicadores b¡sicos, leyes, recursos, emergencias e incidencias de enfermedades. http://www.who.int/country/mng/es
Mongolia And Wyoming/Montana Compares mongolia with similarclimate US states Wyoming and Montana. http://web.inter.nl.net/users/Paul.Treanor/mongoltana.html
Extractions: Will regional development in Mongolia follow the model of the comparable areas in North America? The states of Montana and Wyoming ( and adjoining areas in Canada) are the only region outside Eurasia, with a comparable climate and population density. At present a 'third-world' pattern, of primate-city growth and rural decline, seems probable in Mongolia. Revised April 2001. The comparison (between regional development in Mongolia and comparable areas) originally arose from a comparison with regional policy in Europe. At the website Lithuania-Ireland regional the regional history and policies of these two countries are compared. (They have almost identical areas and population, and both have strong nationalist, catholic, ruralist traditions). A website on proposed economic regions of Mongolia, no longer online, provided an extreme contrast in regional policy. The term 'regional policy' implies that there are different possible regional futures (spatial, economic, cultural), and that there is a conscious choice between them. Is any regional policy even possible at the low population densities of Mongolia? Is regional policy (a pillar of the European Union) geographically specific to areas of relatively dense settlement? The question on the future of Mongolia can be summarised like this.... At present, about 40% of the population are nomadic herders, the highest percentage in the world. Standards of living in rural Mongolia are probably comparable with rural West Africa. The Soviet-promoted local industrial sector has collapsed: it was mainly in Ulaan Bataar anyway. The national economy is now dependent on the export of minerals, especially copper. Maintaining nomadic pastoralism is not a long-term option: it would mean permanent poverty. It would seem that in the long term (more than one generation), the rural areas will lose most of their population. The rest will go to Ulaan Bataar, the only large city, and some to the mining centres (although new mining technology will not require extra labour there).
Mongolia Street Connection A World Vision programme for New Zealand students to follow life in the Light House, a street children's dropin centre in Ulaanbaatar, mongolia. http://mongolia.worldvision.org.nz/mongoliainfo.html
Extractions: Currency: Tugrug (NZ$1 = 450 tugrug) (October 98) Mongolia is a huge landlocked country in Northern Asia, between China and Russia. The terrain is semi-desert and desert plains with mountains in the west and southwest. Traditionally Mongolians are nomadic herders who live in felt tents called gers, and herd their sheep, goats, horses and cattle to their seasonal grazing grounds. Today many people are moving to the cities, but the traditional lifestyle remains in the countryside. Mongolia has had a proud but varied history which includes their conquest of most of Asia and parts of eastern Europe in the 12th century under Genghis Khan, and control of the country at different times by both China and Russia.
Himalayan Art Resources The Himalayan Art Project web page features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and mongolia. http://www.himalayanart.org/choose.cfm
Extractions: Choose an organization American Museum of Natural History, New York Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Asia Society, New York Asian Art Museum, San Francisco Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York Buryat Historical Museum, Buryat, Russia Denver Art Museum, Colorado Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution Guimet Musee National, Paris Hahn Cultural Foundation, Korea Kham Aid Foundation, California Ligmincha Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York Norbulingka Institute, India Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Rubin Museum of Art, New York San Diego Museum of Art, California Shanghai Museum, (PRC) China Shechen Archives, Kathmandu, Nepal
A Good Hair Week In Mongolia | Outside Online Article in Outside Online on an a archaeologists collection of hair for scientific testing in a attempt to shed light on the origins of Native Americans. http://www.outsidemag.com/magazine/0496/9604fmon.html
Extractions: (Accessories) View all Gear Blogs Today's Question Are long training rides or runs the only way to improve my strength to weight ratio? answer Is it possible to work up to run over ten miles in nine months? answer Today's Question Can you find me a bike to beat the rising fuel prices? answer What's the best backcountry snowboarding gear? answer A Good Hair Week in Mongolia By Tim Cahill There were a dozen of us, riding the immense central Asian grassland on sturdy Mongolian horses. When I glanced back for a view of the glacier and the sacred mountain we had just come from, I saw two tiny specks inching down the steep, windswept hillside. I turned in my saddle and glassed the hill with a small Russian telescope. The riders were coming toward us at a stiff trot. They were at least two miles back and about 1,000 feet above us. Each man held something in his right hand. I could plainly see the glint of metal.
Extractions: Mongolian food is rather simple and nourishing. Encounters with different cultures in the course of centuries long wandering across Europe and Asia did not affect the basic diet of nomads, comprising mainly of various combinations of meat and flour. Life in a saddle, frequent moves in search of better pastures tending their herds prevented Mongols from developing a sophisticated cuisine.
Extractions: WISDOM OF NOMADS Sayings and proverbs Proverbs form a special part of the Mongolian language permeating every aspect of daily life. From times immortal Mongols developed rich traditions of oral literature as the nomadic lifestyle did not allow to preserve heavy books. These proverbs contain the wisdom of nomads accumulated over the millennia and probably came from the times of Huns. Do not start if afraid, once begun do not be afraid. Aival bu khii, hijvel buu ai. While father alive to get to know people
Extractions: part 2 The economic and political reforms have given a veneer of prosperity to Ulan Bator, but they have brought great hardship to many Mongolians, especially urban dwellers who worked in now defunct state industries. The fall in world prices for Mongolia's main exports, copper, gold and cashmere, and the contraction of the Asian and Russian markets have also hit Mongolia hard. Always a poor country, the living standard is lower than in the last years of communism. According to the World Bank, one third of the population lives below the poverty line and one in four children is chronically malnourished. Many teenagers are forced to go into streets in order to earn money for their families. This has resulted in the phenomenon of Ulan Bator's street kids, who have been growing in number for six years. Today, according to the police, there are 382 children living permanently on the streets, many refugees from abusive alcoholic parents. The number rises occasionally to between 500 and 1,000. They beg, steal, pick-pocket, polish shoes, carry rubbish or do other menial tasks just to stay alive. The street children sleep in the open when the weather is warm and during the freezing winter nights they take refuge in communal flats or in the city sewers. Below ground they huddle in gangs of about 25 for safety and sleep close to the insulated pipes carrying hot water to apartment blocks. There are 16 foreign agencies working with the Mongolian government to relieve the plight of the children, including the Christina Noble Children's Foundation. Dublinborn Christina Noble, herself once a badly abused street child in the Liberties, has run a centre for street children in Vietnam since 1990. Mongolia has the same problems as Vietnam, Noble told The Irish Times last year, children being eaten alive by lice, suffering from syphilis and herpes - with no one to help because Mongolia is not fashionable". Two Irish nurses, Annette Hearns (29), and Orna McEntee (27), who work with the foundation, have been down the sewers to see conditions for themselves. Over several months they befriended the children, otherwise it would be too dangerous.
Extractions: Languages Time, Inc. Time.com People Fortune EW ULAN BATOR, Mongolia Amid rising crime and joblessness, the return to power of former communist leaders may be the outcome of Mongolia's presidential election. President Natsagiin Bagabandi, a former communist official, is running against two liberals, with former parliament speaker Radnaasumbereliin Gonchigdorj of the Democratic Party as the leading challenger. But Bagabandi's Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, which ran the country as a Soviet ally for seven decades but now espouses radical reform, won 72 of 76 seats in parliament last year. The president's party already controls all 21 of the country's provincial governorships. The party says re-electing Bagabandi as president will guarantee stability and give it the power to revive the economy and reverse a decline in living standards. The former communist's return to power last year followed a tumultuous four-year term in office for the opposition.
The Buryat Mongolian Ger In Buryat mongolian ger simply means home. In Russian it is known as a In Siberia and some parts of mongolia an alternative shelter to the ger is the http://www.buryatmongol.com/ger.html
Extractions: In Buryat Mongolian ger simply means "home." In Russian it is known as a yurta , hence it is more commonly known in English as a "yurt." The ger is not only the traditional dwelling of the Buryats, but of all Mongolian peoples as well as of the Kazakh, Kirghiz, Tuvans, Tatars, Yakuts, and other Central Asian and Siberian peoples. The most commonly known kind of ger is the nomads' ger , which is used by almost all Central Asian nomads, including Mongols and some of the Buryats. This kind of ger is easily assembled and disassembled, and its components can be loaded on a couple of camels or on a yak cart(a Russian truck is more commonly used today). It is made of a wooden framework covered by large pieces of felt. A decorative cloth covering may be laid over the felt, as seen in these two gers . The ropes which go around the ger , called bus (belts), are usually made of braided horse mane and tail hair. The wooden framework consists of collapsible walls hana , topped by poles ( un' ) radiating from a central smokehole ring (,i>tono
Welcome To My Web Site Shows personal travel images from Russia, mongolia, China (Tibet), Vietnam, Thailand, India and Nepal and a dairy written in danish. http://nbn-travelphotos.dk
Extractions: visited my page! Hej alle, velkommen til min website, her vil jeg fremover præsentere billeder og updates fra min rejse. Hi all, welcome to my website, from now on i will present pictures and updates from my travel on this page. Photo Album Se mit nye Online foto album med billeder fra min rejse. Look at my new online photo album filled with pictures from my ... travel. Vejret hvor jeg er! Jeg er i Delhi of temperaturen er kommet lidt ned igen, kun 27 -30 grader. The weather were i am! I'm in Delhi and the temperature has gone down again, only 27 to 30 degrees Celsius. Forums Her er en lille side for alle dem der har lyst til at diskutere grej og friluftsliv. Outsite På denne side kan man indsende sine fotografier også få kritik fra andre brugere. Både for amatører og proffessionelle. Fotokritik Home About Me Interests Photo Gallery Dagbog ... Feedback This site was last updated
Buryat History history of Buryatia. This is a history of a Mongol people living north of the RussianMongolian border, near the shores of Lake Baikal. http://www.buryatmongol.com/history.html
Extractions: The Buryats are a Mongolian people numbering approximately 252,000 (1995 estimate of Buryats in Buryat republic) whose lands are located north of the Russian-Mongolian border near Lake Baikal. Buryatia lies within an area long contested by Russia, China, and (before 1945) Japan. Thus, historically and today, Buryatia has precariously existed amid the competing spheres of influence of more powerful neighbors. In the post-Soviet era, Buryatia has safeguarded its interests by maintaining good relations with Russia, of which it is a constituent part,and by establishing economic and political ties with independent Mongolia and China (through China's "Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region"). Another avenue by which Buryats attempt to mitigate Moscow's control is by cultivating links with a wider Mongolian cultural sphere. It should also be noted that Buryat Mongols do not only live in Buryatia, but also are significant minorities in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia as well. Mongolia's Dornod, Hentii, Selenge, Tuv, Bulgan, and Huvsgul Aimags, most of which border on Buryatia or Chita Oblast, have significant Buryat Mongol populations. Today many Mongolian Buryats hold important positions in government, business, and in the scholarly community. In Inner Mongolia the Hulun Buir region bordering Dornod Aimag also has a Buryat group called the Shinheeni Buryats, and a Mongolian group called the Dagur, who had fled Buryat lands after they fell under control of the Russians. This article, however, will focus mainly on the Buryat Mongols living within today's Russian Federation.
Extractions: Baldan Baraivan Restoration Project - Mongolia Tour Info Executive Summary Get Involved ... Links Click here to join in! CRTP provides the opportunity for everyone to get involved in the restoration of culturally significant buildings. Baldan Baraivan, is a Buddhist monastery situated 300 kilometers east of the Mongolian capital city of Ulaan Bataar. Being one of the few remaining monasteries of its kind, Baldan Baraivan stands in ruins today. The dismantling of the Soviet Union and the creation of a new Mongolian constitution in 1992 have allowed the revival of open interest in Buddhist Lamaism in Mongolia. For many Mongolians this heralds a chance to develop stronger ties with their cultural heritage. In the summer of 1999 The Cultural Restoration Tourism Project (CRTP) started the restoration of the Baldan Baraivan temple. Through the use of volunteer-tourism, CRTP will fund and execute the restoration of the main temple. Tours are available to the general public each summer through the project's completion. During the restoration, volunteers will work alongside the local community. This will give participants in the project a chance to become part of the community. Volunteers will live in "gers," the traditional housing of the nomadic Mongolians. Authentic meals will be prepared by a Mongolian cook, with the help of the volunteers. Participants will also be allowed to practice with the monks in training at the facility during many of their ceremonies.
Mongolia Life Images of life in mongolia, with a focus on its principle city of Ulaanbaatar, including free desktop images http://www.mongolialife.com
Extractions: Mongolia Links Amargargal Foundation AMONG Foundation Bluepeak Travel Eagle Television Government of Mongolia Mongolia Fact Book Mongol Messenger NAMBC Rural Business News The Four Laws - Mongolian Ulaanbaatar Post Ulaanbaatar.Net U.S. Embassy Mongolia Zorig Foundation Link to Mongolia Life Add to Favorites Click to change masthead This is the Mongolia that I see nearly everyday, living in its principle city of Ulaanbaatar. To the foreigner's experience, it is sometimes amazing - and sometimes fraught with great difficulty. The images on this site show it all. You will find some to be wonderful, while others may be offensive, or depressing. We want you to see it all, from the benefits you receive when you visit this ancient land, to the benefit you can bring when you help invest in building this newly established democracy. On occasion notations will be provided for some of the images. Licensing rights for high resolution images are also available. When loading each section, be patient as the image menus may take as long as 30-45 seconds to load on a 56k modem. (We're working to reduce that time.)
