Last Queen of Mongolia Queen Genepil (1905-1938) the last queen of Mongolia. She was executed in May, 1938, shot as part of the systematic Stalinist destru...
This is a blog about my stamp collection, but it's also about aerograms, letters, postcards and 'post' generally. This blog is an ode to post.
“I had a 6-year plan then to complete it, but there was always another place to see, a season to cover, or some portraits to shoot at a particular time of the year.”
Noblewomen of Mongolia, 1925
Lama in Colour, 1913
The 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu Agvaanluvsanchoyjindanzanvaanchigbalsambuu His Holiness the 8th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu also known as the Bogd Khan (Mongolia...
It might come as a surprise, but it wasn't long after photography became widespread that experiments with color took place, creating vivid images which
People behind the account describe it as a curated collection of the curious history of yonder years.
The Stalinist repression in Mongolia had its climax between 1937 and 1939, under the leadership of Khorloogiin Choibalsan, acting under Russian
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The linguist G.J. Ramstedt and the archaeologist Sakari Pälsi (1882–1965) made an expedition to Mongolia in 1909. A gifted amateur photographer, Pälsi was there not only as an archaeologist, but also in the capacity of photographer. He recorded the actual subjects of the archaeological research done on the journey, while also photographing the steppe landscapes and local people, and the life of the nation in squares and monasteries. You can read about the meeting with the shaman Otshir-böö in Pälsi’s book Mongolian matkalta (from a journey to Mongolia) 1911.
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