Archive for January, 2009
Khuisyn Naiman Lakes
The area covers 11,500 hectares around the lake located in the Uyanga soum territory of Ovorkhangai aimag to the southwest of the Khangai mountain range and its surrounding area. It was placed under state special protection, and was included in the category "Cultural and Historical Sites". Khuisyn Naiman Nuur PA with its exceptional configuration [...]
The Eastern Mongolian Steppe
The area was established in part to protect the habitat of the white gazelle. The Eastern Mongolia Protected Area covers a representative part of the last of the great plain ecosystem. Gently rolling steppe is a characteristic of the protected area, which extends for over 200 kilometers along the Chinese border. This area is located in Matad, [...]
Special Protected Area
Mongol Daguur The Mongolian Dagurian Strictly Protected Area is divided into two parts. The larger northern part (Chuluunkhoroot soum territory of Dornod aimag), contiguous to Russia's Daurski Reserve, takes the rolling steppe and wet lands on the south shore of white-tinted Tari lake. The southern part of the protected area (Chuluunkhoroot, [...]
Joint Russian Mongolian School (School No 3)
In their age old wisdom, when the Russians arrived in Mongolia and UB in particular, they gave everything a number rather than a name ...The No 3 school is is a state school with a number of Native and foreign English language teachers. The school has an extensive language faculty teaching English as a second language, Chinese, Japanese, German, [...]
Hartford School
Again the school employees a number of Mongolian Grammar teachers, like many of the language schools in the country. The Hartford School is one of the most expensive language school in UB although the teaching standards are also amongst the highest. (more...)
Ulaanbaatar Symbol and Population
The legendary bird - Geruda has been chosen as the emblem of the Mongolian capital. According to Mongolian beliefs, the Geruda symbolizes courage and honesty. On the forehead of the Geruda are the Soyombo symbols, which are also found on the national flag of Mongolia. The Geruda bird is depicted holding in its right hand a key, which symbolizes [...]
Bogd Khan
With the fall of the Manchu dynasty in 1911, the Mongolians proclaimed their independence in December. Fighting against the Chinese, with some aid from the Russians (which was given belatedly), was to continue until August of 1912. Further fighting was to take place in 1913, but this was in present-day Inner Mongolia, and was part of an attempt to [...]
National Parks
Gorkhi Terelj It is an exhibition of the steppe regions of the southwestern part of Khentee mountain range. Gobi Gurvan Saikhan Locating in the west of the city Dalanzadgad, it encompasses the series of ridges and valleys... Altai Tavan Bogd It has amazing beauty embodies the special characteristics of high mountains, icy crystal [...]
Art of Language
The Art of Language School of English is one of the growing number of private language institutes, who seem more intent on making as much money as they can without paying for it. The pay is pretty poor at this school, I was offered a job teaching for 10,000 Tugrik per hour. If your coming here to teach check out the web first, there aren’t [...]
Amphibians and Reptiles
As part of the Eastern Mongolian biological variety project, geographical and steppe surveys were carried out in areas along the basin of the rivers Kherlen, Khalkh and Numrug. Observations made from the survey results shows that four species of amphibians were registered in Eastern Mongolia. In Mongolia 2 orders, 4 families, 4 genus of 6 [...]