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Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery

Coordinates: 47°55′52″N 106°58′19″E / 47.931°N 106.972°E / 47.931; 106.972
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The Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery (Mongolian: Алтан-Өлгий) is a cemetery located in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Notable burials

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Choibalsan and Sukhbaatar

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The revolutionary Damdin Sükhbaatar was buried here in 1923, but was later exhumed and reinterred into Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum together with Khorloogiin Choibalsan.[1] The corpses of both rulers were again exhumed, ritually burned, and the ashes entombed at Altan-Ölgii in 2005.

Other

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References

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  1. ^ C.R. Bawden, The Modern History of Mongolia, London 1968, p.10
  2. ^ "Ю.Цэдэнбал агсны гэгээн дурсгалд". Улаанбаатарын сонин. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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47°55′52″N 106°58′19″E / 47.931°N 106.972°E / 47.931; 106.972