The Mongolian Military Museum ( mn, Монголын цэргийн музей) also known as the Museum of the Mongolian Armed Forces, is located in northern Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. It explains Mongolian military history dating back to the

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. It is currently located across from an army barracks. The museum is part of the Ministry of Defense.

History

The concept of an all-Mongolian museum of

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was initially proposed by Minister of Military Affairs

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Gelegdorjiin Demid (1932-1937), but the museum was not established until years later. On 21 January 1966, The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party's Central Committee held a meeting to establish The Mongolian Army Museum. The relevant document on its establishment (decree №2) is itself situated in the modern museum. After over 20 years of research, the museum's groundbreaking ceremony took place on 24 October 1987 in the presence of General Secretary Jambyn Batmönkh, Defence Minister

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and other party officials. The museum building held its opening ceremony on 15 March 1996 after which it received its first visitors. Dmitry Medvedev in Mongolia August 2009-3

Dmitry Medvedev in Mongolia August 2009-3

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Exhibits

The museum currently contains 8,000 historical Mongolian army-related possessions. Two halls contain more than 3,000 exhibits specifically related to the structure of the armed forces and interventions made by Mongolia military personnel, including a display from the Mongolian Expeditionary Task Force in

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, its display featuring rocket shrapnel that landed on a Mongolian compound at

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. The museum also has two rare Russian

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bolt-action, internal magazine–fed, military sniper

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s in its inventory. Throughout the exhibition halls, military artifacts spanning hundreds of years are displayed, from weapons and

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of the

to the Soviet-style uniforms of the Mongolian People's Army.

References

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History

Exhibits

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