Ulaanbaatar
“Mongolian Students of Lycée Michelet" Archival Exhibition Opens
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Ulaanbaatar, April 22, 2025 /MONTSAME/. Commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mongolia and the French Republic, the Institute for Mongol Studies and the School of Arts and Science of the National University of Mongolia, and “GABO Publishing” company have jointly opened the “Mongolian Students of Lycée Michelet" Archival Exhibition on April 21, 2025.
From 1926 to 1930,
the Government of the Mongolian People's Republic sent 35 students to
Germany and France, who later became leading intellectuals in education,
science, arts, and the manufacturing industries of the country.
Under the Resolution adopted during the 42nd session of the People's Government on November 27, 1925, students T. Ayurzana, J. Dugersuren, L. Namsrai, and L. Urtnasan arrived in France in July 1926, with Minister of People’s Enlightenment Erdenebatkhan personally accompanying them. Two more students, M. Gombojav and Ts. Badamjav, went to study at Sorbonne University and Collège de France later that year.
While the students from Mongolia were studying in “Lycée Michelet,” “Sorbonne University,” and “Collège de France” in Paris, France, between 1926 and 1930, they were called back due to the USSR and the Comintern's insistence.
In 2019,
This
year marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic
relations between Mongolia and the French Republic.
The Exhibition will be
open to the public at the “Norphei Art Gallery” between April 21 and April 27, 2025.
