EXHIBITION OPENS FOR 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MONGOLIAN PM’S FIRST VISIT

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A photographic exhibition called "Visit of Mongolia’s First Prime Minister T.Namnansuren to the Russian empire" opened Wednesday at the Mongolian National Museum, on the occasion of the 103rd anniversary of the restoration of Independence, which is observed December 29 every year. This was one of the frameworks realized in frames of the anniversary towards remembering the great history with its distinguished figures. The first foreign visit of Mongolia’s government since the restored independence paid to Russia by the first Prime Minister T.Namnansuren in 1913-1914, played an important role in the history of Mongolia’s foreign relations. In the opening remarks for the exhibition, the 28th PM Ch.Saikhanbileg said this is an opportunity to acquaint with the historic documents from a turning point of Mongolia’s history, and noted that Mongolia in the beginning of 20th century prioritized expanding of political and economic relations with Russia in order to use this connection to interact with other countries in the West and East. "Although this visit took place in difficult times, efforts were made to introduce the country to the world’s great powers France, the USA, Japan and Germany, and official letter of Bogdkhaan was presented to the Russian Tsar, meetings were held with ministers and vice ministers of seven Russian ministries, and business meetings with dozen of Russian trade, economy and military authorities ran as well. The first Prime Minister met twice with the last Tsar of Russia Nikolai II, attended the session of Duma as an honored guest, visited ministries of Foreign affairs, Domestic affairs, Finance, Justice and of Defense, and pursued matters on declaring the independence at international level and receiving military and economic assistance,” he said. Historians give great emphasis on the unyielding efforts of T.Namnansuren, 35 at that time, regardless of the stagnation in negotiations due to the unpleasant relations of the Great Powers. The exhibition shows historic documents in photography, audio and video formats which have been recovered from the Russian History Archives, State Archives of Irkutsk and the Archives of Saint Petersburg. It is being organized by the Office of the President and the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences.