JAMYANGIIN LKHAGVASUREN STATUE

JAMYANGIIN LKHAGVASUREN STATUE

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A bronze statue in memory of Corps Commander (later General) Jamyangiin Lhagvasuren (1912-1982), Hero of Mongolia, was built in 2000 by the design of L.Gankhuyag.

General J.Lhagvasuren was Deputy Minister of War and Deputy Commander-in-Chief in 1939 and led the Mongolian military in the war of 1945 alongside Marshal Kh.Choibalsan. Following 1953 he was Deputy Minister and later Minister of Defense and since 1978 served as Mongolia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria.  

Location: Beijing Street, 8th khoroo, Sukhbaatar District
Custody: Protection by Sukhbaatar District, per Resolution No. 197 of the Presidium of Capital Municipality Representatives' Assembly (2007) 

Source By: Mayor’s office of Ulaanbaatar city, Ulaanbaatar city Tourism department