As promised, some sculptures from around Ulaanbaatar. These first three are found at Suhbaatar Square where Parliament is housed. A huge bronze of an enthroned Ghengis Khan faces south, flanked by two mounted generals from an archaic time. Very epic.
Other scultpures appear to be left over from the Soviet era when Russia had a great deal of influence on the Mongolian state. The figure on the left is found outside of the Mongolian National
History Museum. It reminds me of the Constructivist style we studied in Art History class. As the Communist revolution swept through Russia the power elite ordered a new style of artistic expression to represent the energy of the times. Many of us would recognize this development in the propaganda posters that were so prevalent at that
time.
The rest of the sculptures shown here appear to be monuments of some sort to Mongolian military strength. The tower (right) depicts a trio of propeller war planes climbing vertically, presumably a monument to Mongolian Air Force.
This dude on the right appears to be some kinda Soviet
General or sumfin and yonder rider must represent calvary.
I dunno. I just like the figures. I could care less about
military strength. More later.
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