Mongolian impressions
byKorotkov Konstantin
I woke up at half past five in the morning, went out, and immediately went back to getmy camera – the entire band rocks on the horizon blazed by the rising sun. Against this background, white building of a monastery shone brightly standing out among the surrounding rocks. This impression was like the last, the final chord in our journey. For several days we traveled about on the spaces of the Gobi desert in southern Mongolia. We had a special task: in a few days to visit several places of natural phenomena, revered by local residents, and to measure with the sensor “GDV Sputnik“.
The main character in Mongolia – Genghis Khan. 50 km from Ulan Bator is built his huge statue of 40 meters height, and in every town you can see a monument to ancient Mongolia warrior on horseback. A little nation–there are now living in Mongolia for about 3 million people, half of them in Ulan Bator, so that in the XIII century they were clearly much less – captured and destroyed the flourishing civilizations and for 200 years became the ruler of half the world. Mongols Empire then broke up, and the civilized world could lick the wounds and continue the historical development. But the spirit of Genghis retained by the people. For a mongol 500 km –is not the distance, and 100 km –is not a hook. There favorite food –is lamb stew, drink – Genghis Khan vodka. But there are a lot of interesting moments in Mongolia.
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