On February 27, the National Museum of Mongolia launched an exhibition titled 'The Wise Statesman of Mongolia Amar Agdanbuu – 140 Years', as reported by MiddleAsianNews.
This event is organized under Government Resolution No. 206, timed to the 140th anniversary of the birth of Amar Agdanbuu, who served as the Prime Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic.
The exhibition showcases items used by Amar Agdanbuu, which are part of the collections of the National Museum of Mongolia. It also features about 50 archival documents, vintage photographs, and video recordings from the Main Archive Administration.
According to the National Museum of Mongolia, the exhibition also includes selected books and materials from the Special Archive of the Main Intelligence Administration, as well as from the Bulgan Aimag Museum and the Institute of History and Ethnology of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences.
Amar Agdanbuu, born in 1886 in the modern sum of Bugat in Bulgan Aimag, became a prominent statesman and public figure, as well as a scholar of the 20th century. Over the years, he held positions as Minister of Economy (1924-1926), Minister of Internal Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister (1926-1928), and Prime Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic (1928-1930, 1936-1939). He also served as the Chairman of the Scientific Committee (1930-1932) and Chairman of the Presidium of the State Great Khural (1932-1936).
Amar is a descendant of Khaichun, the younger brother of Genghis Khan, making him part of the 34th generation. Khaichun was the third child of Yesugei and Öelün, who also had another wife named Sochigel. According to the 'Secret History of the Mongols', when Temüjin was 9 years old, Khaichun was only 5. In his childhood, he was given the name "alchi", thus he is known as Khaichun-alchi or Alchidai.
On July 10, 1941, the Bolsheviks shot Prime Minister Amar Agdanbuu in the back of the head while he was sitting at the edge of a pit dug behind the dacha of Heinrich Yagoda in Kommunarka, near Moscow.
The exhibition will be open to visitors until March 15.
