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Mongolia Celebrates the 861st Birth Anniversary of the Great Chinggis Khaan
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Ulaanbaatar, November 14, 2023 /MONTSAME/. Today is the first day of the first winter month according to the lunar calendar and the 861st anniversary of the birth of the Great Chinggis Khaan, and the Day of National Pride of the Mongols.
According to the
Decree of the President of Mongolia No. 4 dated January 9, 2012, the birthday
of the Great Chinggis Khaan was set on the first day of the first winter month
according to the lunar calendar basing on the corresponding conclusion of the
working group and the proposal of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia and it
was decided to celebrate this date annually as a Day of National Pride of the
Mongols. Today we are celebrating this holiday for the 12th year.
The Washington Post newspaper, USA, declared the Great Chinggis Khaan as the man of the millennium for laying the foundations
for the creation of a great transcontinental empire and implementing
fundamental reforms in international relations, trade, monetary and road
transport spheres, which provided an important impetus to the development of
the world. And also in 2005 the UN General Assembly adopted a special resolution on
the worldwide celebration of the 800th anniversary of the creation of the Great
Mongol Empire.
