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Online dictionary - Sühbaatar (194 words) |
 | Suhbaatar (Mongolian: Сүхбаатар, also Sühbaatar, Sukh, Sukhe-Bator) (February 2, 1893-February 22, 1923) was a Mongolian military leader known for his excellent horsemanship capabilities. |
| The Chinese tried to reinstate their claim to Mongolia by an invasion in 1919, but this was were unsucessful, largely due to the effort of Sühbaatar. |
| Today Suhbaatar is remembered as a hero in Mongolia for defeating both the Chinese and the Russian warlord Ungern von Sternberg's forces, as commander-in-chief of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army, with aid from the Soviet Union, and thus confirming Mongolia's independence from China. |
| AllRefer.com - Ulaanbaatar, China (Chinese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia (369 words) |
| The city has the only university (founded 1942) in the country and a library with ancient Mongolian, Chinese, and Tibetan manuscripts. |
| In the center of the city is the SUhbaatar Square (with an equestrian statue of the Mongolian revolutionary leader for whom the city is named). |
| Founded in 1649 as a monastery town, Ulaanbaatar still preserves the monastery section, the former center of the city, and the residence of the Living Buddha, once Mongolia's spiritual leader. |
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