Chinggis Khaan Obelisk

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This not-so-subtle, enormous wedge-shaped white rock was placed in the middle of a ger camp in 1962 to commemorate the 800th anniversary of Chinggis’ birth. This was at the height of the communist era, when Chinggis was officially viewed as a reactionary, but somehow the monument was allowed to stand.

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