Let me start a thread about projects in Mongolia within Kazakh section. Hope they will get their own soon. I found out very interesting projects. You are welcome to post projects you find.

Позвольте начну трэд о проетах в братской Монголии внутри нашей секции, пока они не получат отдельную. Есть очень интересные проекты. Буду рад если мне будут помогать время от времени пополнять этот трэд.

Took me about 30 secs to dig this one out:

http://i036.radikal.ru/0901/00/5f6f49dafdb7.jpg

The hotel chain Shangri-La (http://cdmiller.blogspot.com/2005/08/shangri-la.html) is coming to Mongolia. It was announced somewhere last year (http://www.shangri-la.com/press/current/ja/index.aspx?category=2&pressid=4121), and that might be good news for Mongolia. But, the bad news is where and how it will be build. See image on the right. The construction has recently started next to the opera building at the Sukhbaatar square. Although Chris Miller (http://cdmiller.blogspot.com/) informed us of a more amusing feature (http://cdmiller.blogspot.com/2005/08/shangri-la.html) of the hotel, the location and the huge size make it hard to see this a contribution to Ulaanbaatar.

Source: Mongoliamatters.com
Link: http://www.mongolianmatters.com/2005/09/shangri-la-hotel-mongolia-construction.html
Publication date: Friday, September 30. 2006

Evidently, the chain came in terms with their sanity(a 5-star hotel in the middle of nowehere, ya right) some time ago, and there is going to be an office block (http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://mongolia-pictures.com/albums/userpics/10001/normal_shangri%2520la%2520offices%2520in%2520ulaanbaatar%2520at%2520the%2520sukhbaatar%2520square.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mongolianmatters.com/mongolia/2006/02/shangri-la-mongolia-update-no-hotel/&usg=__aqGoIyWdpp5q8dVlxriaQhOKV7Q=&h=150&w=200&sz=8&hl=en&start=3&sig2=-RM8gCYDwb5RzqMsjf0nDA&um=1&tbnid=ZHLgraKIMvIVpM:&tbnh=78&tbnw=104&ei=GqhhSbaXEYP8MqTF-JII&prev=/images%3Fq%3DShangri-La%2Boffice%2Bcenter%2Bmongolia%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG) instead.


PPS. Consider moving this thread over on the front page, so it doesn't get lost and there it'll get a maximum of exposure too.

May 23, 2008
Italians to Build Micro District in Ulaanbaatar (http://www.topix.com/travel/ulaanbaatar-mn/2008/05/italians-to-build-micro-district-in-ulaanbaatar)
Italians will construct a micro residential district in Songinokhairkhan district, Ulaanbaatar, at their own request.

July 9, 2008
The Olympic Residence, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia : Launch (http://www.nubricks.com/archives/881/olympic-residence-ulaanbaatar-mongolia/)

http://www.nubricks.com/wp-content/uploads/olympic-residence-ulaanbaatar.jpg

The Olympic Residence will stand out as an iconic building on the Ulaanbaatar skyline, at 18 storeys high it will be the tallest building in Mongolia’s capital city.

MAK Tower and Turtle Rock Resort Developments, Ulaanbaatar (http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:fqcmWrKOKj8J:www.arup.com/eastasia/project.cfm%3Fpageid%3D11733+tallest+building+in+mongolia&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=11&gl=us&client=firefox-a)

http://www.arup.com/_assets/_img/9AD8EE8B-19BB-316E-4092C4E35BCB618D.jpg

MAK Tower is located at Downtown Ulaanbaatar and will be the tallest building in Mongolia. It will have 33 storeys above ground with four levels of basement. It is a mixed development that comprises an international five-star hotel, offices and service apartments with a gross floor area of about 65,000 sq m. The project is targeted to be completed in the end of 2012.

340 KM ROAD PLANNED FOR WESTERN MONGOLIA (http://www.montsame.mn/index.php?option=com_news&task=news_detail&tab=200807&ne=4032)

Mongolia Energy Corp has selected two Chinese contractors to improve a 340 km road in western Mongolia. The new road, to improve the existing Khushuut Road, will support Mongolia Energy mining projects, a company official said.
Expected to take six months, the new road will allow 60-ton trucks to travel at 60 km per hour. The road will supply the Xinjiang market with coking coal.

By Finenco Architects

Tokyo Street|Residential

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2711/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dee2_31ced37f_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3103/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dee1_c3f51380_XL

Mongolian Star Melchers|Commercial

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3104/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dee0_8c98af94_XL

SOHO IT Center

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2708/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedf_3c2a238b_XL

Shym Group

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3007/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dede_57b3372f_XL

Shunkhlai Residential

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3100/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedd_c187840b_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3306/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedc_5a94e86_XL

Post Bank

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3301/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedb_ca828468_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3106/alim-atenbek.9/0_1deda_c6042f3_XL

Park Inn Hotel

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3307/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded9_736abd8c_XL

Novotel Hotel

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3205/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded8_c4eafb8b_XL

Noble Properties

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2709/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded7_f885d77d_XL

MAK Tower

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2710/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded5_94839e3d_XL

New Sport Complex

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3101/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded6_dc093791_XL

Mack Center

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2710/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded4_9ef50e95_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3201/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded3_bfe81b8b_XL

Le Due Torri

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3006/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded2_3dc47154_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3001/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded1_21da9d39_XL

JN Motors Residential

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2708/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decd_f87f983b_XL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2711/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decc_42cbd646_XL

Embassy Tower

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3006/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decb_48701039_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3001/alim-atenbek.9/0_1deca_65ad6c7d_XL

That is a collection of some extremely weird architecture that may lend itself to picture taking but to live or work near it??

Proposals By Finenco Architects for one of the Landmarks in Ulaanbator

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3000/korkis-borkis.1/0_1bf51_35b0d04b_XL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2711/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dece_69545a6e_XL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2714/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded0_818a1d77_XL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2713/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decf_a058cc38_XL

Too futuristic, isn't it? :lol:

That is a collection of some extremely weird architecture that may lend itself to picture taking but to live or work around it??

Yeah, but some of them are really nice - Le Due Torre and Novotel. :)

Yeah, but some of them are really nice - Le Due Torre and Novotel. :)

Nah, won't look good next to the shacks and local grandmas with magic carpets and dried peas soothsaying on Mongolia's future.

Nah, won't look good next to the shacks and local grandmas with magic carpets and dried peas soothsaying on Mongolia's future.

Applicable for KZ projects as well. :(

Yeah, but some of them are really nice - Le Due Torre and Novotel.

I'd have to disagree. To survive in an economy such as Monglia, one must to needs think like a street hustler, go on the cheap.


http://www.kp.ru/upimg/photo/469575.jpg

Ulan Bator is the only city-like city in Mongolia. But a considerable chunk of its residents still live in yurts.
Now, don't get me wrong, a yurt is probably the most clever housing type ever built by the human race (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/yurts_not_just.php). They are light, cheap and efficient and a viable alternative to traditional construction. No overpriced power-sucking luxury housing unit can possibly replace yurt in any of those categories. it is downright stupid to solely rely on capitalist practices, when the answer to efficient mass housing is literally in front of our eyes!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3219/3130669380_549281131e.jpg


on a side note..

http://www.kp.ru/upimg/photo/469603.jpg

The highest building in Ulan Bator was built by Chinese. Officially, skyscraper got branded «the sail», but the oh-so quick-witted Mongols came up with its own name «Mother's Belly».

Here are some good sources/blogs for future references:

http://www.business-mongolia.com/category/mongolia-real-estate/
http://asiangypsy.blogspot.com/

for pictures:
www.flickr.com/groups/mongolia/
www.agshin.mn
www.window.mn
www.suuder.com
www.zurag.mn

В Улан-Баторе полностью закончен комплекс Чингисхана высотой с десятиэтажный дом. Высота памятника — 40 м, основания — десять метров. В постаменте статуи разместились рестораны и кинотеатры. Затраты на создание монумента составили несколько миллионов долларов.

Чтобы собрать деньги, авторы проекта выпустили акции, которые продавали на бирже, и монголы их активно раскупали. Статую охраняют круглосуточно — при выплавке памятника использовалось серебро.

По плану строительства, весь туркомплекс должен быть готов в 2012 году. Комплекс раскинется на территории около 212 гектаров, которая будет огорожена каменной стеной. На территории комплекса будет высажено 100000 деревьев, будет стоять более 800 гостевых юрт для посетителей комплекса.

The yurts look nice but they all seem to have a limited size, why don't they build larger yurt (as a larger house with garden and pools and stuff)?

By Finenco Architects

Tokyo Street|Residential

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2711/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dee2_31ced37f_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3103/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dee1_c3f51380_XL

Mongolian Star Melchers|Commercial

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3104/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dee0_8c98af94_XL

SOHO IT Center

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2708/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedf_3c2a238b_XL

Shym Group

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3007/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dede_57b3372f_XL

Shunkhlai Residential

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3100/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedd_c187840b_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3306/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedc_5a94e86_XL

Post Bank

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3301/alim-atenbek.9/0_1dedb_ca828468_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3106/alim-atenbek.9/0_1deda_c6042f3_XL

Park Inn Hotel

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3307/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded9_736abd8c_XL

Novotel Hotel

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3205/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded8_c4eafb8b_XL

Noble Properties

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2709/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded7_f885d77d_XL

MAK Tower

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2710/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded5_94839e3d_XL

New Sport Complex

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3101/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded6_dc093791_XL

Mack Center

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2710/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded4_9ef50e95_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3201/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded3_bfe81b8b_XL

Le Due Torri

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3006/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded2_3dc47154_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3001/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded1_21da9d39_XL

JN Motors Residential

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2708/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decd_f87f983b_XL

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2711/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decc_42cbd646_XL

Embassy Tower

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3006/alim-atenbek.9/0_1decb_48701039_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3001/alim-atenbek.9/0_1deca_65ad6c7d_XL

Are all these confirmed? Or just proposals?

i bet not a single project shown has been approved. Merely the very first rendering, the Shangri La has been started to build and later turned out to be a dead ugly Soviet-appartment-look-alike office building, maybe due to lack of money.
These pictures tell a sad story about fantastic ideas which never enter the stage of realization. Some of these renderings date back from 2005 - if there were approved, construction would have already been started. At least another nice highrise is currently built on the place the "Noble Properties" would have been.
Don't get me wrong, there has been a lot of construction in UB in the recent years until the economic crisis turend this into an abrupt halt. But most conctruction do not look really good. These futuristic ideas remain a dream.

Sadly, these projects proposed several years ago are still on the paper today even though very good

Круглые объекты на этой фотке, палатки? В них живут люди?
http://www.kp.ru/upimg/photo/469575.jpg

Круглые объекты на этой фотке, палатки? В них живут люди?
http://www.kp.ru/upimg/photo/469575.jpg

:) http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0

Спасибо. Я вообщем знаком с концепцией юрты, но думал что они вышли из оборота пару веков назад :)

Спасибо. Я вообщем знаком с концепцией юрты, но думал что они вышли из оборота пару веков назад :)

Наоборот, юрта сейчас является последним словом в экологическом виде жилья:

http://www.treehugger.com/search.php?cx=017401606067716418337%3Abtpggki1yw8&cof=FORID%3A11&q=Yurt&sa=Search#2500

Ссылка ведёт на кучу реклам

Ссылка ведет к статьям на одном из самых популярных сайтов про экологически устойчивые технологии. Даю направления поштучно:

Portable Yurt
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/portable-goyurt.php
Living in a Yurt
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/living_in_a_yur.php
Roof Cover for Portable Homes (forum)
http://forums.treehugger.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=1517&start=0
Yurts. Not Just for Hippies Anymore
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/yurts_not_just.php
Yurta: The Optimized Yurt
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/01/yurta_the_optim.php
Portable Yurts from Go-Yurt
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/portable-goyurt.php
The Nomad Yurt: Stick to the Real Thing
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/the_nomad_yurt.php
Yurts: the New Hotel
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/04/yurts_the_new_h.php
Yurts on the Big Sur: This is Not a Flashback
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/02/yurts_on_the_bi.php
The Hexayurt: Efficient Emergency Shelter
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/the_hexayurt_ef.php
The Luna Project: Living and Teaching Sustainability
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/the_luna_projec.php

it is very bad in Mongolia right now. in China, Inner Mongolia is doing very well and many cities are booming.

it was a big mistake for outer Mongolia to be independent. it should be re-united with China, like Belarus reunite with Russia!

^^ Exactly my thoughts. And Ukraine was never meant to be a separate from the "Holy Mother Russia" entity. What’s done is done, however, and I don’t see any benefit coming from trying to reincorporate Mongolia back into China.

it is very bad in Mongolia right now. in China, Inner Mongolia is doing very well and many cities are booming.

it was a big mistake for outer Mongolia to be independent. it should be re-united with China, like Belarus reunite with Russia!

For all I know, most of Mongolian ppl dont even want to reunite with us, unlike Belarus. And most of them even have a hostile attitude towards us......:nuts: so let's forget this vast, freezing cold, mountainous, very windy and dusty land which is actually not our 'core area' in history. We have other more important things to do, e.g. Taiwan

MaoZedong ，meosaigon and 东方丹东 are the same person ,he is not Chinese,he was trolling in Vietnam forum as well,
He is Comanche.

Парни!!! Помогите Монголии создать отдельный форум!!!

Спасибо. Я вообщем знаком с концепцией юрты, но думал что они вышли из оборота пару веков назад :)

Это с каких пор беларуса, украинца или казаха удивляет то что люди и сегодня живут в юрте? Или беднота чей-то? Говорите как будто в раю живете сами. Претворялись б**н. Это же люди бедные пока и им не по карману снимать квартиры. Поэтому живут в юртах. Чего в этом такого удивительного? Во вторых, как видите в фотке, там рядом маленькие дома. И там они живут также. (Или это вас тоже удивляет что люди живут в деревянных домиках сегодня?) Юрта это скорее удобный дешевый метод расширения жилья для этих бедных в городе, кстати.

Вобщем не понимаю пост-советских товарищей в их "заинтересованности" непонятной такой в Монголии вдруг. Стараются издеваться над страдаюшими людми что ли... Вроди им самим должно быть есть чем заниматься дома. Гуляют и пишут непонятные замечания о стране и страданиях людей там. Крутые такие. Говорите как будто в мире не знаете других в бедноте.

The highest building in Ulan Bator was built by Chinese. Officially, skyscraper got branded «the sail», but the oh-so quick-witted Mongols came up with its own name «Mother's Belly».[/QUOTE]

You mean the contractor company was a Chinese company with the Chinese labor? So what? In which country the biggest project is not being built by the Chinese or by foreigners? The Turkish are also engaged in construction on foreign lands including the construction in Kazakhstan. In Astana I wonder who is building the big projects? I mean who is the contractor and labor? In Poland for example, they are discussing whether to bring in a Chinese company (with chinese labor) in building some major highways - "as they were impressed with their productivity in building up for Beijing Olympics".

If you meant the ownership of this "Mother Belly", then it's wrong information. The owner is a Mongolian company. It's not a Chinese property per se.

Oh chinese users don't talk about history here. Read and educate yourself before you talk about something you have no idea. China and half of the world was part of the Mongol Empire. So first graduate your high school, i would suggest.

Почему так слабо развивается ветка?
Где наши товарищи монголы? :)

It will be nice if somebody can share his/her pictures from Ulanbaatar or other places of Mongoli to se any new project development there

It will be nice if somebody can share his/her pictures from Ulanbaatar or other places of Mongoli to se any new project development there

Yes, it would be very nice. I also think so.

People will come to their senses sooner or later in the progress of humanity. Portable yurts, houses that were built with organic and non toxic materials will be the future dwelling places for human kind. The world is a transient place not a permanent one, building are not here to stay forever.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=773908

тут много интересных фотографий Улан-Батора

Топикстартер, затегируй ветку тегами Mongolia, Монголия, Улан-Батор, Ulan Bator, Ulanbaatar например*)

на жж коммюнити ru_metro прочитал (http://ru-metro.livejournal.com/3543229.html) о строительстве в Улан Баторе метрополитена.

Топикстартер, затегируй ветку тегами Mongolia, Монголия, Улан-Батор, Ulan Bator, Ulanbaatar например*)

на жж коммюнити ru_metro прочитал (http://ru-metro.livejournal.com/3543229.html) о строительстве в Улан Баторе метрополитена.

Ты можешь полную версию скинуть, а то у нас сайт ЖЖ заблокирован в Казахстане.

It will be nice if somebody can share his/her pictures from Ulanbaatar or other places of Mongoli to se any new project development there

Why is this country constantly being ignored on SSC?
Why is my Mongolia thread (check my signature) not being commented?

Anyway, just check some recent updates from the "Rate the skyline" section. I took these last summer.
"UB" is meanwhile exploding, there are about 10 highrises currently being constructed in the citycenter alone, plus a subway, a new major airport and a urban highway.
Unfortunately, the buildings design quality has not improved considerably since I critisized the unchecked development three years ago on the previous page:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=149060&page=5

By Finenco Architects


Mack Center

http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/2710/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded4_9ef50e95_XL http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/3201/alim-atenbek.9/0_1ded3_bfe81b8b_XL



btw, the only project realized 1:1 ist the Mack Center. It was completed in 2010 and looks like this in reality. Check the building on the left side

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2015%20back%20to%20UB/DSCN3039.jpg

Took me about 30 secs to dig this one out:

http://i036.radikal.ru/0901/00/5f6f49dafdb7.jpg



Source: Mongoliamatters.com
Link: http://www.mongolianmatters.com/2005/09/shangri-la-hotel-mongolia-construction.html
Publication date: Friday, September 30. 2006

and then we have the aforementioned Shangrila building which construction was temporarily stopped until they found a new investor. It has been completed already in 2009, the ooutlook is so-so (cannot nearly compete with the renderings)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0587.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0983.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0498.jpg

there has been a lot of construction going on in UB though and there will be no end to that in the next years. The city will radically change its outlook as mining companies have found their eldorado here (but also other sectors grow dynamically). I also hope the attractiveness of the buildings will also grow in parallel...:ohno:

Bolod Tower (2003) and UB city council (2008)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0508.jpg

Blue Sky Tower (2011) and some more construction

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0483.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0569.jpg

Midrise buildings are the new trend
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0546.jpg

this is now about to be completed and looks quite okay
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0548.jpg


fills one of the last gaps on Peace Avenue. About to be completed, but looks quite cheapish
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0426-1.jpg

something classic , Gandaris Tower completed in 2007
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0437.jpg

another view of city council and Bodis tower plus a newly constructed midrise (2011) on the right (Express Tower). Looks okay but does not deserve this location on the corner of the main street and main square
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0451-1.jpg

the thin and tall asparagus like building in the background on the left is still under construction. Looks crappy so far, I hope they add some cladding or so
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0470.jpg

office building, recently completed (2011). One of the few positive examples
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0914.jpg

Corporate hotel (2008)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0912.jpg

Zoos Bank (2004). Was one of the first modern building and is still one of the nicest
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0899.jpg

Altai building (I think it was in around 2007). Nice
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0908.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0466.jpg

The backside of a huge shopping center (2008). Looks good imo
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0705.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2015%20back%20to%20UB/DSCN3034.jpg

Narantuul Hotel (2006)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0700.jpg

Bodi Towers. First luxury appartments in UB (2005)

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%203%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0702.jpg

Monnis building. Quite cheap cladding (2007)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%202%20Ulaanbaatar/DSCN0465.jpg

Another one of these typical midrises
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2016%20in%20UB/DSCN3084.jpg

The "Brauhaus" (2001). Quite old and no real mid- or highrise. But quite interesting architecture - and antique
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2016%20in%20UB/DSCN3095.jpg

Regency appartments (2011) for the upper class
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4188.jpg

the new Wrestling Palace neat the airport (2011)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4196.jpg

Anod bank and Olympic Residence (2004)
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4132.jpg

typical midclass housing
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4149.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4155.jpg
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4102.jpg


actually it doesnt belong here, because it was the first modern building in UB being completed in 1994 by Yugoslavian architectures: the Genghis Khaan Hotel
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2024%20Farewell/DSCN4137.jpg

Why is this country constantly being ignored on SSC?
Why is my Mongolia thread (check my signature) not being commented?

Anyway, just check some recent updates from the "Rate the skyline" section. I took these last summer.
"UB" is meanwhile exploding, there are about 10 highrises currently being constructed in the citycenter alone, plus a subway, a new major airport and a urban highway.
Unfortunately, the buildings design quality has not improved considerably since I critisized the unchecked development three years ago on the previous page:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=149060&page=5

mongolia is being ignored here, in mongolia there are more projects than cambodia but cambodia has its own forum, unless you add a few mongolia threads or a sub forum, no one would care,

if you do open any threads tell me (PM) and ill join i did do some research on mongolia but it is even harder to find projects than Myanmar and Laos

please update, im willing to visit

mongolia is being ignored here, in mongolia there are more projects than cambodia but cambodia has its own forum, unless you add a few mongolia threads or a sub forum, no one would care,

if you do open any threads tell me (PM) and ill join i did do some research on mongolia but it is even harder to find projects than Myanmar and Laos

No one is ignoring Mongolia, as mongols have not opened their own forum, we (kazakhs) have opened forum for them.

And to update this forum we have no connection with Mongolia...if you have anyone in Mongolia, who can help us with update, please, go on, we would be more than happy to know whats really going on over there... :)

Asian Dragons thx for your support, you made my week.

Elya121, you are right as well, there is no real Mongolian lobby on SSC. Given the small population of 2.x mio. people in the country its no wonder....therefore no need to open a own forum. One thread - with some people occasionally putting up some information - might suffice.

Mongolia experienced 17 percent economic growth last year and this rate is to exceed 20 percent this year. In other words it will be the fastest growing economy in the next few years (together with Qatar and Macao).
But it is not that easy to find a lot information on the web (or I am too stupid to find any...) and thats quite strange, although common media now start to publish some articles on M more frequently .

An incomplete link list...

www.montsame.mn National News Agency

www.geu.de best German Information Portal

http://ubpost.mongolnews.mn/ English Newspaper

www.mad-mongolia.com investment portal, quite informative

http://seekingalpha.com/instablog/899162-jon-springer/222737-mongolia-weekly-update private site, weekly update

and I also find this bizarre piece of information: Mongolia starts to produce buses!!! But that just might be some knock-down kits imported from China
http://www.infomongolia.com/ct/ci/2685/

Количество праворульных машин поражает.

Very fashionable buildings... I didn't expect such good level of the urbanization in this country.
But I can't understand why the development of Mongolia is reflected in kazakhstani subforum and it has not own?

Количество праворульных машин поражает.

imported second hand cars from Japan

Very fashionable buildings... I didn't expect such good level of the urbanization in this country.
But I can't understand why the development of Mongolia is reflected in kazakhstani subforum and it has not own?

because there is nobody on SSC (except me) reporting on this country.
Urbanization is almost entirely concentrated on UB which has surpassed the 1 million population mark a few years ago. All other cities have less than 100,000 inhabitants. I might put up some pics about some countryside cities within the next few



days.

imported second hand cars from Japan

Легко догадаться ;)

Which country is Mongolia development model?

Легко догадаться ;)

they also drive left lane in Barbados which has billions of used cars and is just around the corner....

Which country is Mongolia development model?

what do you mean?

Some pictures from provincial town. Watch carefully, a real rarity you wont find again on SSC

Erdenet

A comparably wealthy mining town, erected in 1974 by the Soviets. Hence its no wonder it looks like a Russian subuarb. Meanwhile it has become the countrys 2nd largest city with 75,000 inhabitants.
A carpet factory is the cities second economical backbone

Main street
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1233.jpg

The main street with a newly erected shopping center
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1205.jpg

Adjacent sports palace which houses an Olympic indoor swimming pool

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1207.jpg

This has changed a lot in the past few years

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1215.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1217.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/Erdenet14.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/Erdenet12.jpg

Construction works

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1218.jpg

Hotel and Bank
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1224.jpg

Overview
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1243.jpg

Soviet architecture is still dominating
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1229.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1235.jpg

Internet cafe
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1231.jpg

Italian restaurant
http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%205%20From%20Amarbaryasgalant%20to%20Selenge%20River/DSCN1238.jpg

Rinchinlhumbe, I really appreciate your effort to present Mongolia. Your pics are amazing and now I know more about this country, thank you
I just would like to ask: what is the quality of life in UB, can it be compared to some Chinese or Central-Asian cities? And also, what is the difference between the quality of life between UB and Darhan and Erdenet – it the middle class living standard the same in these cities?

what do you mean?

I mean which country development is Mongolia learning?

I mean which country development is Mongolia learning?

Maybe they want to follow the example of Norway or Chile and avoid the mistakes Nigeria or Congo did. All these are resource-rich countries and all had the challenge of distributing the mining revenues evenly to the population.

The Mongolian government has announced to pay a basic income for all people living in Mongolia, regardlesss of age, income, gender, hometown etc.
This is a quite revolutionary step but also reveals that the politicians are not competent enoguh to launch and realize huge infrastructure projects like the Chinese neighbours do.
Mongolia is a genuine democracy and this is a real benefit as people can remove their government through elections when they see things are moving into the wrong direction. But on the other hand, politicians, regardless from which party do not seem to pay too much attention to the poeples wellbeing as they rather act like entrpreneurs themselves. Many politicans do business instead of ruling the country. Some own luxury hotels , others operate ptetrol station chains. Even in the remotest areas in Mongolia you will sport hypermodern petrol station, often with garage workshops. But is this really first priority when there is no paved road around?
Every 4 years the government changes but things seem to stay as they are. Add to this corruption and you know that the country is now at its crossroads.

I think it is the ordinary working people themselves which can bring real benefit to the country. Mongolian businessmen have good ideas, and besides mining, especially the construction, the manufacturing industry as well as the agrucultural output report high growth rates.

Rinchinlhumbe, I really appreciate your effort to present Mongolia. Your pics are amazing and now I know more about this country, thank you
I just would like to ask: what is the quality of life in UB, can it be compared to some Chinese or Central-Asian cities? And also, what is the difference between the quality of life between UB and Darhan and Erdenet – it the middle class living standard the same in these cities?

Thx, mate, well interesting question, difficult to answer in a few sentences.
Depends on how you put it. Average income is 300 dollars a month in averaage.

Things might be better than in Bishkek or Duschanbe but maybe not quite as good as in Alamty or Astana.
It is difficult to compare Mongolia with China as they have a totally different development approach.
On the one hand, Mongolians enjoy better social welfare and free healthcare, all children are sent to school, everybody enjoys freedom of speech. People act like being quite educated and dress up very Western style-like, at least in the bigger towns. Travelling form China to Mongolia is like coming in from Asia to Europe.
On the other hand, China has far better urban planning, a lightyear better road network and is still ahead in terms uf urban housing and manufacturing.

The Soviets destroyed the Buddhist culture and sent people to gulags in the 1930s but at least they manage to provide free social welfare, healthcare and education to the people. Therefore the living standard in 1990 was much higher than some people might aussme.
Then , Mongolia opted to part from the Sovietunion and decided to embrace democracy, free elections and freedom of speech. It is the only Central Asian country which really comitted itself to these ideals.

On the economic side however, things in the early 1990s were bleak with three digit inflation rates, food shortages, frequent powercuts and petrol shortages bringing traffic (and the whole economy) to a halt. The Soviets had withdrawn their aid, the Chinese did not yet care about their small northern neighbour, therefore Mongolia was in a similar position North Korea is today: isolated and desperate (although free).

Things slowly got better in around 1995 (it was the first Asian country to join the WTO in 1997), and economic growth considerably picked up in the 2000s. In the same time, inflation was brought under control, and first supermarkets, small shops, used Korean cars, internet cafes and pubs, and later Hummers, luxury shopping, 5star hotels and lounge night clubs popped out of nowhere. A clear sign of the economic boom is that dumped rubbish was first collected by the urban poor in desperate need for food, some years later it was investigated by dogs and now it is even (at least in some areas) collected by sanitary vans.

Mongolia however is still characterized by huge discrepancies and can be divided into four sections.

First there is Ulaanbaatar, which has become a small metropolis with an emerging skyline and a growing middle class. Peoples life does not differ too much from that in norht America or Euope

Secondly, there are these provincial towns like Erdenet. Most of them were erected in the 1940s by the Soviets and now look like neglected ghost towns. The Soviets wanted to concentrate the population here and offer them all modern amenities like school, housing and hospital.
Within the capitalist system however , there are few reasons for these settlements to exist, and therefore the population stagnates. The young move on to Ulaanbaatar, some elderly people even get back on their horse and ride to the countryside to live like their ancestors did. There is something like a middleclass but it is smaller and its income level and life quality is humble compared to Ulaanbaatar
In the past years however some of these tiny towns were also impacted by the economic boom. Erdenet is one good example. As raw material prices went up, the city with its copper mine benefitted greatly from it. Nowadays there are a lot of restaruants, some hotels, and even opportunites like an indoor swimming pool, a skiing area, a wrestling arena and a small amusement park.
Dalanzadgad is another positive example as it also has some economic potential to offer: the worldwide biggest coal mine is about to be put into operation nearby, and there are also some tourist attractions.
Finally Sainshand near the Chinese coluld become something like a logistic hub and industrial center for mineral processing.
Other cities will rather continue sleeping...

3. in the countryside, things still look different. Roughly one quarter of the population still lives as nomands moving around in their tent. But that need not mean these people are all poor. The government provides solar panels to them, therefore you might be surprised to find TV sets and even play stations inside a nomads "ger". Also motorcycles and mobile phones are quite common. "Cashmere" is the magic word - if a herder owns enough goats to sell his cashmere he can get more money out of it than the urban poor.
On the downside, the imbalance of livestock (too many goats) leads to overgrazing. Besides, in harsh winters when snow cover gets too thick, livestock perish, herders lose their livelihood as the government only pays a small compensation to them.

That is why many opt to move to Ulaanabaatar in order to look for a job.This marginalized urban population is the fourth category and it is growing at a high pace. Few succeed to earn money but normally Mongolains have huge families and tense relationships. At least one family member has a job and is able to support the others.

But as mentioned above, ti will be a challenge to the ogvernment to utilize the mining receipts and provide people with jobs and money in the future.

What a nice explanation. Thank you Rinchinlhumbe! Indeed, no enough information about Mongolia and your information is very precise and very reliable. Thank you!

some pictures of Dalanzadgad, another and better exampe of Mongolias emerging small towns.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3753.jpg

Dalanzadgad is capital of Mongolias, largest, driest and most sparsely populated province, which means a lot, given the fact that Mongolia is the country with the worldwide lowest population denisty

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3762.jpg

The basic facts: 50,000 people living in an area about half the size of Germany, thereof one third in Dalanzadgad.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3764.jpg

Just drink a couple of beer and try to pronounce it: D-A-L-A-N-Z-A-D-G-A-D, not Dalanzadagad, as some maps refer to. And certinaly not Dalalalalalalalalazandgad

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3772.jpg


http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3770.jpg

It is located in the South Gobi in the mid of nowhere. The worlds hugest coal reserves were discovered here and mining operation are just about to be started. The nearby Oyu Tolgoi copper mine and the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine will soon bring huge and promising changes to this small desert town.

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3755.jpg

Changes are already recognisable: so they have a small shopping hall with one of only three escalators outside of Ulaanbaatar

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3756.jpg

...including a well stocked supermarket plus a ATM machine.


a newly erected provincial government building (front) and a bizarrely-shaped office building with 7 floors

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3763.jpg

a middle class hotel

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3767.jpg

and even a four star hotel aimed at businessmen

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3783.jpg

For compariosn: this used to be the best hotel until about 5 years ago

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3766.jpg

and this is the still sleepy main street. Only 15,000 people are living here so far

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3785.jpg

But there is also other business in Dalazadgad, except mining, namely the processing of cashmere wool

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3765.jpg

...and tourism

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3863.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3736.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3617.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3731.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3542.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3530.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3736.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3617.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3731.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3542.jpg

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww63/OrangeUtan/Mongolia%20Summer%202011/July%2021%20Dalanzadgad%20and%20Tsaagan%20Suvarga/DSCN3530.jpg

träum weiter, Arschgeige!

comments?

Beautiful landscape. By the way, how many Mongolians live in China?

^^ more than in Mongolia

5.8 million according to wiki

...and this circumstance is a main reason for the not hostile but at least tense Sino-Mongolian relationship.
Mongolians have a pretty showcase of foreign infiltration in their neighbourhood: Inner Mongolia, a Chinese province which is now domintated by Han Chinese and does not look anything in Mongolia at all.

Thank you Asian Dragon. That is a good surprise. But they need to move back to Mongolia. Economy seems showing a good trend and they will need more people to sustain that economy in the future.

Turkish Airlines Moves Forward Mongolia Launch Date to July 2012

by JL


Update at 0620GMT 30MAY12

Turkish Airlines is moving forward planned service launch date to Mongolia, where it’ll begin 3 weekly service on Istanbul – Ulaan Baatar route from 02JUL12, instead of 15AUG12.

Schedule:

TK342 IST1905 – 0315+1FRU0415+1 – 1005+1ULN 320 135
TK343 ULN1105 – 1250FRU1350 – 1635IST 320 246

Service operates via Bishkek as a technical stop

http://airlineroute.net/2012/05/30/tk-uln-s12update2/

Eznis Airways Starts Ulaan Baatar – Ölgii – Almaty Service

by JL


Update at 0700GMT 06JUN12

Mongolian carrier Eznis Airways has launched scheduled charter service between Mongolia and Kazakhstan, with 2 weekly Ulaan Baatar – Ölgii – Almaty flight, on board Avro RJ85 aircraft.

Operational schedule:

EF8423/8417 ULN0815 – 0945ULG1050 – 1225ALA AR8 35
EF8418/8424 ALA1325 – 1650ULG1750 – 2105ULN AR8 35

Ölgii is situated in Western part of Mongolia.

http://airlineroute.net/2012/06/06/ef-ulgala-s12/

Eznis Airways Starts Ulaan Baatar – Ölgii – Almaty Service

by JL


Update at 0700GMT 06JUN12

Mongolian carrier Eznis Airways has launched scheduled charter service between Mongolia and Kazakhstan, with 2 weekly Ulaan Baatar – Ölgii – Almaty flight, on board Avro RJ85 aircraft.

Operational schedule:

EF8423/8417 ULN0815 – 0945ULG1050 – 1225ALA AR8 35
EF8418/8424 ALA1325 – 1650ULG1750 – 2105ULN AR8 35

Ölgii is situated in Western part of Mongolia.

http://airlineroute.net/2012/06/06/ef-ulgala-s12/


WHY not the direct flight UB - Almaty?

^^ it must be the aircrafts range, it is small aircraft after all

Although being located in Mongolia, Ölgiy is a Kazakh city, ethnically speaking. So they might be a lot of Kazakhs waiting at the airstrip in Ölgiy wiating to get on board and fly to their relatives and friends in Kazakhstan.

There is even now a third airline operating and Mongolia, and flights have just started. Its the Mongolian Airlines
http://www.mongolianairlines.com/
Not to be confused with MIAAT

btw, thx for continuously updating this thread, Asian Dragon. Very nice

Mongolian Airlines Begins International Flights

by JL


Update at 0720GMT 15JUN12

Mongolian Airlines Group (marketing as Mongolian Airlines) has made its debut on international service on 11JUN12, with service to Hong Kong. The airline will also launch service to Tokyo Haneda from mid-July 2012. Note the airline has revised its operational schedule, since last report on this site on 02MAY12.

Schedule:

Ulaan Baatar – Hong Kong eff 11JUN12
MR885 ULN1420 – 1830HKG 319 5
MR885 ULN1500 – 1910HKG 319 13

MR886 HKG1930 – 2340ULN 319 5
MR886 HKG2010 – 0020+1ULN 319 13

Ulaan Baatar – Tokyo Haneda 14JUL12 – 02SEP12
MR001 ULN2015 – 0130+1HND 319 246
MR002 HND0230 – 0645ULN 319 357

The airline has shelved its plan to operate service to Tianjin and Erlianhot for the time being. In addition, the airline from 22JUN12 will begin Ulaan Baatar – Cheongju scheduled charter service

http://airlineroute.net/2012/06/15/mr-intl-s12update2/..

Mongolian Airlines to Start Shanghai Service from July 2012

by JL


Update at 0940GMT 18JUN12

Mongolian Airlines starting 01JUL12 will launch Ulaan Baatar – Shanghai Pu Dong service, offering 4 weekly flights on board Airbus A319 aircraft.

Schedule:

MR835 ULN1600 – 1910PVG 319 x135
MR836 PVG2010 – 2310ULN 319 x135

http://airlineroute.net/2012/06/18/mr-pvg-jul12/

Just opened a latest urban landscape Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia picture thread in the Asian section. I think its more appropriate there. Sorry if I offended this thread authors.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1526275

i started a mongolia development thread in the asian infrastructure subforum, please help me post there, if there are enough posts it will become sticky

Rinchinlhumbe, AsianDragons, StoneJack, please, keep this thread alive... We miss your pics and comments here...:bow:

что здесь здесь в Казахстанской ветке делают - монгольские зарисовки??? чья - это идея, или нас уже принимают за монголов...ата жаулар....

Там Узбекия, здесь Монголия где ничего не строиться как и в Узбекий, и че делает Монголия в нашей ветке??? Или под Казахстаном эти страны укрываються))???