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‘Mongolian Heritage Spread Around the World: Archival Documents and Written Monuments’ exhibition underway
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‘Mongolian Heritage Spread Around the World: Archival Documents
and Written Monuments’ exhibition launched on June 21, in the exhibition hall
of the National Museum of Mongolia. The exhibition is displaying a collection
20th century documents related to the history of Mongolia, which were copied
from Russian, Chinese and U.S. archives in chronological order.
Among the earliest exhibit are portraits of Chinggis Khaan and
Khubilai Khaan, copied from 37 portrayals of Mongolian khaans, kept in
Taiwanese archives. Copies of the Secret History of the Mongols, kept at
Taiwan’s National Palace Museum, letter from the Ilkhaan Ulziit to King Philip
IV of France, and the letter from Roman Pope Innocent IV to the Great Khaan of
the Mongol Empire are also on display at the exhibition.
A 20-minute-long montage of Mongolia-Russia historical moments
between 1921 and 1980 garnered much of the attention at the exhibition. Videos
showing Sain Noyon Khan T.Namnansuren on a boat during his 1913 visit to the
Russian Empire and Commander-In-Chief D.Sukhbaatar during signing of an
agreement between Mongolia and Russia in 1921.
51 documents selected from 150 collections on display.
The exhibition featuring a selection of 51 documents from 150
collections of documents copied from Russia, China, and the U.S will continue
until June 25.
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