Mongolians celebrate vote for independence

In 20th of October in front of Mongolian National University was a large crowd of people but not students.


They were Prime Minister S.Batbold, Member of Parliament U.Khurelsukh and Dornod province’s administrative members and numerous honourable guests.

Khorloogiin Choibalsan was the Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic from the 1930s until his death. Choibalsan's image in modern Mongolia is mixed; many people still consider him to be a Mongolian hero, but his critics claim that this is merely the result of his propaganda and personality cult. Some Mongolians believe that Choibalsan was merely a puppet of Stalin and had little choice in his actions.


In any case, the capital of Dornod aimag (formerly called Bayantümen) continues to carry his name and his statue still stands in front of the Mongolian State University founded by him in 1942. On October 20th of 1945 Mongolian people voted for Mongolia to become an independent country led by Kh.Choibalsan. Therefore that day was chosen to introduce his reproduced statue. Artist A.Ochirbold with the help of 12 people reproduced the statue. Ch.Khaliun who is the granddaughter of Choibalsan, has said that she is so glad and happy with outcome.

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