Choibalsan

Choibalsan

Understand The location has been a post on a trading route for centuries. In the 19th century it grew into a city, and became the economic hub of eastern Mongolia in the 20th century. After democratization in 1992, when the Russian workers left, large parts of the economy collapsed. Since then, the city has suffered from one of the highest unemployment rates in Mongolia. The battle of Khalkhin Gol An important battle was fought near the city in 1939, and the G.K. Zhukov Museum in the town is named for the Russian General who won it. Georgy Zhukov is famous mainly for actions during the Second World War, first commanding the defense of Stalingrad, then commanding part of the Red Army as it rolled west, and winning the largest tank battle in history near Kursk. However his first major victory, the one that put him on the road to senior command, was here. There is another Zhukov museum in Ulaanbaatar, commemorating the same victory, and a small one on the battlefield, but the one in…

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