Discover Mongolia

Mongolia is an ancient country. The history its statehood reaches back into the remote past. Recent archaeological findings show that the earlist traces of man's activity on the territory of Mongolia date from the lower paleolith ./ some 100,000-200,000 years ago/
At the beginning of the 13the century , a United Mongolian Empire was founded by Chinggis Khan. In 1691 Mongolia were subjugated by the Manchu Empire. More than 200 years later as the result of the Mongolian national movement for independence , the Mongol Monarchy was established in 1911. But China and Tsarist Russia didn't recognize Mongolian independence and in 1915 they insisted on the Mongolian authorities revoking the country's complete independence only allowing them limited rights as an autonomous state.
The people's revolution led by D.Sukhbaatar and his associates was won in 1921. Since then, July th of every year has been celebrated as the anniversary of the victory of the revolution.
The 1990 was historical year. In Mongolia as a result of democratization of political power a new government was formed and a new economic policy started to be pursued.