Ulaanbaatar
Heads of state of Mongolia and Russia lay wreaths to monument to Georgy Zhukov
Politics
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/. President of Mongolia Kh.Battulga and President of Russia Vladimir Putin laid wreaths at the monument to Hero of the Soviet Union Marshal Georgy Zhukov and paid respect to military veterans.
The monument to Marshal Georgy Zhukov, Hero of Mongolia and four-time Hero of the Soviet Union was erected in 1981 in Ulaanbaatar city in memory of the Battle of Khalkin Gol. He was a commander of the 57th Special Corps of the Soviet-Mongolian Army Group, remarkably contributing to the Mongolian-Soviet joint victory in the Khalkhiin Gol Battles in 1939.
During his previous visit to Mongolia in 2014 on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the victory of the Khalkhiin Gol Battles, the President of Russia also took part in the wreath-laying ceremony the monument to Marshal Georgy Zhukov.
The official visit of the Russian President continues with a dinner reception for the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Khalkhiin Gol Battles.
