Ed_Haynes

Found while looking for something else (as seems to be usual on the internet):

http://www.redcross.mn/english/awards.html

While in UB, I saw -- but was unable to purchase -- a very late document for this award, one from 1963 (!?). What is even more interesting is that it was in Cyrillic, and I was able to get a generic translation of the text from one of our UB friends.

The handwritten note inside the front cover read:

"Since Partisan [name] passed away, his partisan booklet is given as an inheritance to his wife [name]."

And the text:

"[date]

MONGOLIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

PARTISAN COMMITTEE

On [date] the recipient of this booklet [name], born in [place], is recognised as an active particpant in the Sukhbaatar partisan movement [?] in 1921 in the fight for the independence of the Mongolia People's Republic against foreign intervention and the feudalists.

For the honor of being a partisan this booklet is given with other priviliges.

State Khurall, head of partisan committee, [name]

Mongolian People's Republic 1921 Partisan Rule

1. The partisan's identification booklet will only be given to a participant in the 1921 partisan movement from a State Khural partisan's committee.

2. To prove participation in active partisan combat and in order to receive the booklet the partisan must submit proof of actually having been a partisan by providing documentary material or testimony by at least three people with whom he fought during the partisan struggle.

3. The partisan's booklet must have a photo ID and should be only for personal use.

Privileges of Partisan

1. If the partisan loses the ability to work when he gets old and does not have a caretaker, the government will be responsible to provide a pension.

2. On request of the partisan he may present a request for the pension to the residential district authorities and from them to the State Khural.

3. A partisan who does not receive a pension from government who experiences a sudden emergency will be able to receive a one-time payment of 600-1200 Tugrics.

4. Partisans residing in public apartments will have a 50% discount on monthly rent.

5. Partisans who are moving from the city to the countryside or from the countryside to the city will have the privilege of free transportation once a year; public transport in the city will also be free.

6. Partisans will be excused government tax.

7. After the death of the partisan his family will have the privilege to apply for help from the government.

8. Partisans owning livestock will have a 20% reduction on livestock taxes.

9. Partisans will be served in expedited order in shops, hospitals, and public offices."

Interesting??

See also the main thread at:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=5294

See also a lost post at:

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=8937

Numbered I hope

Yes, it is my understanding that they will be

I have very reliable information, from The Best of Sources, that by this fall, the Mongolian Phaleristic Society will be fully operational and will be open for membership applications. A certificate and membership badge (!) has been designed.

Watch this space for further information!

Easy quiz: Who are these notables and what are they celebrating?

The familiar photo of Ts. Gotov, but here shown uncropped. Obtained from his justifiably proud grandson.

And a closeup on his awards.

The familiar image of Marshal G. Demid (cf. Battushig p. 22), but an original.

Another no-medals photo (sorry), but a very interesting uniform shot.

And the reverse of this postcard. Translation, anyone? (Actually, we have a friend in UB who can manage this, and he is younger than 80!)

Another photo, no medals, but interesting.

Another stalwart chap, much earlier. Interesting for both medal and uniform.

The more familiar, later, image.

Some recently acquired photos from UB.

Tsendenbal, before he was promoted to marshal.

And, no, for some odd reason, Jan and I neglected to get a photo of the two of us together. Just got to go back then?

When I went there, just a few days later, the Zhukov statue was undergoing clean-up and restoration under the direction of one of Mongolia's most famous modern artists.

Regarding the Central Lenin Museum, a place that was on the pilgrimage list for all Young Pioneers in the olden days. Jan forgot to mention that it is a billiard parlor today. (Well, the one in Moscow is empty-empty!)

A nicer and older Sukhbaatar, facing what used to be the Institute of Marxism and Leninism and is now the Mongolian Institute of Management (both, of course, having "diamond badges"). How things have changed, but not as abruptly or in as unhealthy a fashion as in the former USSR.

Face-to-face, newly repainted in a nice pink.

A few extra images, not directly medal-related perhaps and not up to Jan's professional quality.

Sukhbaatar in Sukhbaatar Square.

It is my understanding that an English language edition is coming "soon".

I just returned to Delhi, and after recovering from Aeroflot, shall post some more photos. Being there with Jan was great and many tales to tell!

The great sadness was that the masoleum of Sukhbaatar and Choibalsan has been removed - rather secretely - to make way for a new facade for the parliament (is that symbolic or what?). Much talk about removing Sukhbaatar's statue from the square of the same name.

More relevant for us is the plan to create new awards "soon". All linked up with getting a new coat of arms which will feature prominently in the designs. No one likes the new stylised chunky horse thing. There is a hope that He Who Knows All About Mongolian Awards will be serving as a consultant to theresident in this process.

More to come . . .

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Photos don't seem to work for me.