General information: For a long time, Mongolia was a province of China; in 1921, with the support of Soviet Russia, it achieved independence. In 1924, the communist regime was established in it. In the first half of the 1990s the former communist Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) gradually lost its monopoly of power. In the […]

According to Localcollegeexplorer, the People’s Republic of Outer Mongolia, whose independence was definitively sanctioned by the Sino-Soviet Treaty of February 14, 1950, has, according to an estimate of January 1958, a population of 1,000,000 residents (dens. 0.6), including nuclei of recently immigrated Russians, and is administratively divided into a municipality (Sukhe Bator *) and 17 […]

Passport and visa regulations Nationalities Passport required visa required Return ticket required Switzerland Yes Yes Yes Other EU countries Yes Yes Yes Germany Yes no Yes Austria Yes Yes Yes Turkey Yes no Yes Passport information Generally required, must still be valid for at least 6 months upon entry. Warning: In Mongolia, it is advisable […]

In the eyes of many, the name Mongolia probably brings to mind Genghis Khan and wild steppes. Mongolia’s landscape consists of golden deserts and elongated, windy grasslands, and the country’s most famous inhabitant, Genghis Khan, was in the eyes of neighboring countries a barbaric conqueror. The Mongol people were so threatening that the Chinese emperor […]