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The Bogd Khan (Mongolian
Mongolian language

The Mongolian language is the best-known member of the Mongolic languages. It is the language of most residents of Mongolia and of many of the Mongolian residents of Inner Mongolia, totalling about 5.7 million speakers....
 ; 1869-1924) was enthroned as the Emperor (Khan) of Mongolia
Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
 on 29 December 1911, when the country declared independence from the Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
. As the eighth Jebtsundamba
Jebtsundamba

The Khalkha Jebtsundamba Khutuktus were the spiritual heads of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. They also held the title of Bogd Gegeen, making them the top-ranked lamas in Mongolia....
 Khutugtu, he had already been the spiritual leader of Mongolia's Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
.

He was placed under house arrest when Chinese troops occupied the country in 1919, but he was freed and reinstated by Baron Ungern
Roman Ungern von Sternberg

Baron Roman Nickolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg , also known as the Bloody Baron and the "Mad Baron" was a Baltic German-Russian Yesaul , and self-proclaimed lieutenant-general who was dictator of Mongolia from March to August 1921....
's forces, shortly before they took Urga
Urga

Urga may refer to:* Ulan Bator, the capital of the republic of Mongolia* ?rg?, a municipality in Azerbaijan* Urga aka Close to Eden, a film by Nikita Mikhalkov, 1992...
 in 1921.






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The Bogd Khan (Mongolian
Mongolian language

The Mongolian language is the best-known member of the Mongolic languages. It is the language of most residents of Mongolia and of many of the Mongolian residents of Inner Mongolia, totalling about 5.7 million speakers....
 ; 1869-1924) was enthroned as the Emperor (Khan) of Mongolia
Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and Central Asia. It borders Russia to the north and People's Republic of China to the south, east and west....
 on 29 December 1911, when the country declared independence from the Qing Dynasty
Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty , also known as the Manchu Dynasty, followed the Ming Dynasty in History of China, and was the last ruling Chinese Dynasties of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 ....
. As the eighth Jebtsundamba
Jebtsundamba

The Khalkha Jebtsundamba Khutuktus were the spiritual heads of the Gelug lineage of Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia. They also held the title of Bogd Gegeen, making them the top-ranked lamas in Mongolia....
 Khutugtu, he had already been the spiritual leader of Mongolia's Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism

Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religionand is based on the teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as "The Buddha" , who was born in what is today Nepal....
.

He was placed under house arrest when Chinese troops occupied the country in 1919, but he was freed and reinstated by Baron Ungern
Roman Ungern von Sternberg

Baron Roman Nickolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg , also known as the Bloody Baron and the "Mad Baron" was a Baltic German-Russian Yesaul , and self-proclaimed lieutenant-general who was dictator of Mongolia from March to August 1921....
's forces, shortly before they took Urga
Urga

Urga may refer to:* Ulan Bator, the capital of the republic of Mongolia* ?rg?, a municipality in Azerbaijan* Urga aka Close to Eden, a film by Nikita Mikhalkov, 1992...
 in 1921. After the revolution led by Damdin Sükhbaatar, the Bogd Khan was allowed to stay on the throne in a limited monarchy until his death in 1924. After his death, the Communist government declared that no more reincarnations were to be found and established the Mongolian People's Republic. However, a reincarnation of the Jebtsundamba Khutugtu was found in northern Mongolia almost immediately but then disappears from the record. The matter was referred to the Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama is a lineage of religious leader of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and was the political leader of Lhasa-based Tibetan government between the 17th century and 1959....
 in Lhasa
Lhasa

Lhasa, sometimes spelled Lasa, is the administrative capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. Lhasa is located at the foot of Mount Gephel....
 in 1929 for mediation who determined that a ninth reincarnation had been born in 1932 in Lhasa. The Thirteenth Dalai Lama died in 1933. The Ninth Jebtsundamba Khutugtu was formally enthroned in Ulan Bator by the fourteenth Dalai Lama in 1999.

Despite being a lama
Lama

Lama is a title for a Tibetan teacher of the Dharma. The name is similar to the Sanskrit term guru . The title can be used as an honorific title conferred on a monk, nun or advanced tantric practitioner to designate a level of spiritual attainment and authority to teach, or may be part of a title such as Dalai Lama or Panchen Lama a...
, the eighth Jebtsundmba Khutuktu had a queen, named Dondogdulam and known as Ekh Dagina (Dakini
Dakini

A dakini is an elusive Tantra deity that might best be described as a female embodiment of enlightened energy. In the Tibetan language, dakini is rendered Khandroma which means 'she who traverses the sky' or 'she who moves in space'....
 Mother). She died in 1923.

The Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan
Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan

File:Winter Palace Bogd Khan 149185394 bfcc8db25b b.jpgFile:Winter Palace Bogd Khan 149183775 8aa3cfd1c9 b.jpgThe Winter Palace of the Bogd Khan is located in southern Ulan Bator, on the road to Zaisan....
 has been preserved and is a tourist attraction in Ulan Bator.

External links

  • about the Bogd Khan and the 1921 revolution
  • on the Bogd Khan at the National Museum of Mongolian History