The Legacy of Communism in MONGOLIA | Travel Vlog

[@nmbileg]

Many foreigners have no idea about modern Mongolia from my experience, thanks for bringing many eyeballs to our country Doug! Tourists are always welcome here!

[@noone4474]

Booking my trip for my birthday! I want Mongolia to be my first international visit.

[@nmbileg]

@@noone4474 pls come! i'll welcome you hha

[@marutabdullah6471]

Best wishes from China,I love Mongolia

[@yogitheoperator9653]

As a Mongolian, its really funny how you saw the Lenin and felt like Bald and Bankrupt. I just realized even the apartment I live in is built by the Soviets lol. Also, if you look north west from the Zaisan memorial, youll see a lot of Soviet built apartments, I live in one of those :P.

[@doug_barnard]

haha so cool!

[@Telmuun_davaadalai]

@@enKmuran hogshoon no toxic

[@yogitheoperator9653]

@@enKmuran ygd uurlaad bnaa? yu buruu yrichiv? za uuchlaarai :)

[@enKmuran]

@@yogitheoperator9653 komunizm mongold tui ch bhgui, demjidgui gehiin orond “teriig haraa, sots apartment, eniig haraa Leninii hoshoo…” excited ork

[@kenzo1091]

@@enKmuran hutsaad baigaan Ardiin nam chin buheldee lalriin communist nam sh dee

[@torakwarius]

Loved the videos on Mongolia and looking forward to seeing more of this beautiful country. It’s on my bucket list to visit Mongolia, explore the capital as well as the countryside, be there for Naadam!

[@rbtnic9588]

Thanks for visiting our country Doug hope you have great time in Mongolia, The buddhism has major impact on our culture i really appreciated that you visited The Gandan monastery, btw my grandpa built that giant statue of buddha it was really nice to see it again.

[@Janovial]

That's Chinese architecture you've got there.

[@H2o3G2a]

7:10 , rainbows!! I'm Egyptian and we kicked it with a Mongolian crew in college, they didn't speak English but we would still go over, have tea with them and play videogames. Awesome kids, all I remember was that they all had infinity cars back in Mongolia as part of a crew. We'd sometimes use google translate to talk about our cultures , we always had a Pharoic / Mongul connection. It has to do with being forgotten by the world after being at the very top at some point. They're proud, super kind and loving people.

[@doug_barnard]

that's awesome! i totally agree!

[@kts437]

As a Mongol, I would like to note that we have nothing that is related to Egyptians. These Middle Eastern and Turkish people are nowadays trying very hard to put Mongols into the same category with Middle Eastern culture. Mongolia is a Northeast Asian country, which shares similar culture and have an affinity with Northeast Asian indigenous people.

[@H2o3G2a]

@@kts437 you missed the point, I was talking about the empire in terms of history, not the culture. Now if you want to be even more accurate then you and the Turks have more similarities than any other culture in Asia, Europe, or Africa. I think a quick look at the map and the history of the Mongolian empire would clear things up. I've also never heard a middle eastern compare or even say anything about the Mongolian culture, where are those "middle eastern and Turkish people"? I'm curious, where have you heard that? As a matter of fact, it was our Mongolian friends that showed us photos where they dressed as Pharoes and the conversation began from there.

[@kts437]

@@H2o3G2a Having lived abroad for many years and worked and socialized with many Turks, I can assure that Mongol culture is completely different from Turkish culture. Turkish culture is more Middle Eastern and Mediterranean. We share similar culture with Northeast Asians traditionally and also share similar culture with Russia and some Eastern European countries because of the shared history of the socialist past. Culturally and spiritually, I cannot relate to Turks and Middle Easterners. If you google, there are numerous KZbin video contents created by Turkish people, spreading misinformation and rather forceful claim that they share the same culture with Mongols and Mongolia is their ancestral land. I would like to kindly request the Middle Eastern people to leave Mongolia in peace. You guys have such an aggressive expansionist mentality in your gene because of your religious belief of Islam. You guys have to be respectful of other non-Muslim culture. Forcefully identifying Mongols into the same culture with Turks is as same as forcefully identifying someone heterosexual as gay or lesbian.

[@dorjmaa4]

@@kts437 He's comparing the fact Mongol and Egypt both historically were ones great powerful empires, and has nothing to do with cultures or origination nor nationality. If you've been abroad as you speak nobody cares if you are mongolian or korean or kazakh most people from other race will think you are Chinese. Your pride is blocking your intelligence.

[@battur_t]

After watching your videos in Mongolia made me miss my home country which is Mongolia. I was a child when i left my country but now i became a grown man and did not visit my home country during that period so definitely it was a long time

[@johnpoprik1502]

Another wonderful look at Mongolia. I was at that Monastery in 1999. I had not done as much research as you. I didn't realize that the statue had just been rebuilt a few years earlier. Your videos are bringing back many happy memories. Thank you.

[@knighterrant4]

Hey Doug, I just stumbled on your Mongolia vlogs and I’m loving them. I’ve visited Mongolia a dozen times since my first trip there in 1995. I got back to the UK from there only last week. I’m just coming up to my 25th wedding anniversary with a beautiful Mongolian lady. I have to congratulate you on your attempts to speak Mongolian. Despite having a Mongolian wife, lots of Mongolian family and friends, and having visited the country so many times, I’m still completely useless at the language. It’s impossible. Our 7 year old daughter corrects every attempt I make!

[@DaiMoscv]

Is our language really that hard to learn? I'm just curious

[@knighterrant4]

@@DaiMoscv it is for me. The main problem is that there are so many guttural sounds that Western ears aren’t used to. I have the additional issue with poor high frequency hearing so I’m unable to tell the difference between a sss sound and tss sound. Then of course there’s the totally different script that makes reading difficult. But that’s all excuses because my 7 year old daughter picks up the language easily. I have four English friends with Mongolian wives and we’re all useless at Mongolian language.

[@淦-z8d]

@@DaiMoscv I'm a Chinese, and I also study Mongolian, because I'm a Mongolian, and I'll have Mongolian lessons in high school.

[@vlog18rodas]

Always amazing videos, showing different countries. 🇲🇳. Take care, Marcos from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@doug_barnard]

thanks so much!!

[@zolzayabelegt459]

Hello from London. Thanks for uploading these interesting videos about my homeland. I haven't been to my country for 5 years, seems like the city has changed lots since. As a child I went up to Zaisan numerous times, however never paid attention on details of it. 😅

[@padyum3963]

I am learning a lot about Mongolian history from you. Thanks a lot buddy. Btw I am Mongolian 😆.

[@tsendsurenenhbileg3364]

As a Mongolian your view of explanation is very good thank you to introducing my country to world much real

[@nasab3552]

Hello Doug? Thank you so much for a beautiful video about Mongolia in detail. I love detailed videos like yours. Very much appreciated. Glad you like Mongolia.

[@ochirerdene18]

Really nice visit at Zaisan monument. Older generations were heavily influenced by Russians and still not likely to get rid of it . You can see younger generations more like to follow western and Korean culture.

[@doug_barnard]

totally!

[@urantulga6138]

I mean why would they even have to remove it? It can stay as history, since it is not influencing people to be communist again or something. I find this place very cool and nostalgic.

[@MultiHeheboy]

I have been living near Zaisan Statue for almost decade never realized there was Stallin even CCP monument. Probably no one care about these to even destroy now.

[@user-rv6cx3rz7t]

I love Mongolia! 🇰🇷🇲🇳

[@lordlee6473]

Lol. Why would you follow Korean culture when China is right there? The Korean culture is a spin-off culture of China. Mongolia as part of China is actually the parent of Korean culture, yet you are putting yourself below them. Pathetic and shameful.

[@phantomtq]

Zaisan is build for in remembrance of both Mongolian and Soviets fought against Japanese in khalkin gol.

[@raufa583]

Extra kudos for the drone photography! That shot with the rainbow towards the end was incredible!

[@OtgErJas]

Looking at my country by eyes of a foreigner is really funny yet interesting. Nice vlogs! Thank you for visiting Mongolia ;)

[@tsomotsomik2754]

This monument is telling a story of soviet soldiers defeating nazi, partnered with Mongolia to defeat japanese aggression amd invasion, won the enemies and together working towards prosperity and communism in Mongolia 😂 Why would we remove the statue? This is part of our history and this has formed who we are today and we shall never forget the past

[@bleach0959]

Communism sure brought us prosperity...

[@jaffa3717]

Has horrible as Communism is, there's really no reason to remove a piece of history

[@commietrucker4664]

❤

[@alBngnnuyn8070]

On the other hand, Communism in China annexed parts of your land and almost even took over entire your country if though hahaha.

[@BananaLassi]

I thought we were more like puppet state

[@kimb068]

I follow you from Egypt, your videos and your travels are special

[@lizkeith1356]

i got to see the market and the monastery when i visited Mongolia. got to drink mare's milk and got to ride a double hump camel. Such a beautiful country and strong people. love it.

[@sotoponok]

Лучшее видео о Монголии, различные контрасты бытия народа,обзор с высоты птичьего полёта города впечатляет.

[@ЭрхэмбаярХаш-Эрдэнэ]

Thank you for making such a video about our country.

[@monnezzapromizoulin5169]

During World War II Mongolia contributed to the victory over Germany and Japan. In 1939, the combined soviet and mongolian forces led by general Jukov defeated the japanese army at khalkin gol battle.

[@foodiethebeauty]

Going to be doing solo travel on my messy channel soon too. Love your vlogs!

[@doug_barnard]

woohoo! that's exciting!

[@bellad9853]

I am Glad and Happy that you are in Mongolia and introducing our country & history.

[@HaiderAlZubaidi]

Amazing! Thanks for showing us Mongolia

[@es8531]

It seems that the population there is very small.. and also the landscape is amazing 💙

[@doug_barnard]

yep!

[@zKarls]

Yea Its Like What? 3.2 Million?

[@twilightenvoy]

@@zKarls yes exactly only 3 million

[@ganpurevbuyanjargal7627]

in the capital city of Mongolia half of all Mongolians live that's so weird hha

[@zKarls]

@@ganpurevbuyanjargal7627 I Think Most Of Mongolia's Land area Is Desert So That Might Be The Reason, Most Of Them Live In one City

[@gaelbumeatandtravel]

GREAT video, great rhythm !!! so inspiring for new content creators 😋👍 thanks Doug !!!

[@manalalsharif3720]

What a beautiful city and country!

[@hayamax3539]

The statue is a memorial for the ones who sacrificed their lives for their country

[@tuulcindy]

Hello there 🤗🤗thank you for visiting my LOVELY country🙏🙏really appreciate it👍👍Some people do not know about modern Mongolia, some people misunderstand Inner Mongolia of China is our COUNTRY. Thank you for showing our beautiful country to all around world by your channel. Try to visit to countryside places that have beautiful sightseeing and historical places. GOOD LUCK👍👍👍

[@sezy4093]

a great country that we almost know nothing about besides Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire, I've heard they have nomads would be great if you go to vlog with the nomads and show us their lifestyle

[@doug_barnard]

coming soon!

[@noneya5712]

@@doug_barnard awesome looking forward to that! I also saw my friend in your video and told her she was famous. Hehe she was standing near you at Sukhbaatar square. Great videos! Makes me miss home 🥹

[@yolo-qt8ix]

That thing is kinda overrated

[@regatta2k]

One of the best travel channels (top 3) in KZbin

[@doug_barnard]

thank you so much!!!!

[@Photojouralist123]

I'm on my way to Mongolia for the 4 th time September 21 for 3 weeks. Doing some fly fishing

[@whispersaihna]

Welcome angler

[@Charatheevilone]

As a Mongolian living in modnii 2 i am very happy and proud of you for visiting Mongolia

[@angieselenge7940]

Thank you so much show us my beautiful country.We been in the US long time .I hope you see our beautiful country side and enjoy.

[@enheej7645]

The deal with monument is, we had small war with Japan in 1939 and Russians helped out so much.

[@erynn9968]

I'm surprised he said "they built a monument for themselves, not for Mongolians, without much understanding of what's going on...

[@bataabaagii6709]

хуцаач,улсын төсвийнхөө 60-70/ бага уу?муу гөлөг жижэг дайн гэж байхгүй,бүх дайн эхний буун дуунаас эхэлдэг

[@enkhzayaganbold672]

Thank you for visited my country :) Enjoy your journay from Korea

[@jawhlanjawhlan7057]

my 💀

[@enkheenatsag513]

Mongolian shouldn't destroy Lenin statue other things.It was Mongolian history .Zaisan is symbol of WW2 victory and memorial of Russian soldiers in Khalh Gol

[@gauravvarma3645]

To be fair to the Zaisan Memorial, it honors both Mongolian and Russian soldiers. It also honors the USSR's support for Mongolian independence from China in 1921 and USSR's defense Mongolia' at the battle of Khalh Gol in 1939 (in which the Japanese generals who invaded Mongolia were convicted at the US-run Tokyo Trials after the war. The Japanese loss at this battle is actually quite famous in WW2 history because it led the Japanese to change their war aims from control over Siberia and Mongolia to instead turning south towards Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.). My comment is nothing now, it merely adds to those of Telisa TK, phantomtq, enkhee natsag, Jonatan Batnasan

[@SIPhouseMongolia]

Gandantegchilen, the name of monastery, is not a Mongolian word, it is a Tibetian (you mentioned the translation). The statue is of Maitreya (or Maidar in Mongolian), the budda of future. Great video as always.

[@-LOTUSFLOWER-]

As a Mongolian. When someone says “ go touch grass “ to me… I reply “ but I touch grass everyday “ like there’s a lot of grass in Mongol! :D

[@wesq8577]

I really want to watch more travelling videos of Mongolia 🙂🙃

[@GtA_qq1]

From Egypt and I love your content.

[@doug_barnard]

thank you!!

[@yolkooyolkoo3972]

Thank you for coming in my country. Hope you had good and safe trip! 😀

[@nominmyagmar2226]

I love your videos ❤. Its good to see my country and kind of missing it 😢

[@IndianaJones664]

The Mongolian language sounds unique because of two main factors. The first is the Mongolian л (L) which is a voiced alveolar lateral fricative /ɮ/. The second is the fact that unstressed vowels are reduced, which produces a lot of consonant clusters. For example, the word ажилтан (ajiltan) is pronounced something like /ˈɑd͡ʒĭɮˌtɑ̆n/ so it ends up sounding more as if it were written ажлтн (ajltn). Also, Mongolians tend to speak quite softly, which, combined with the strings of consonants, makes listening comprehension more difficult.

[@temuulenbayarsaikhan3796]

As a Mongolian I have gone to ZAISAN many times but didn’t realize that much

[@anasevi9456]

Love your videos, thanks for more of Ulaanbaatar. Hope to see you at the abandoned Burans one day. 😅

[@aperson-ql2oc]

“its a very cool city” yeah i agree but only in summer 😢 winter here is just 😬

[@doug_barnard]

haha i can only imagine

[@winchester2245]

Thanks for uploading! Im from Mongolian lives in German. Honesty i miss my home its been 7 years. 4:40 i dont have religions, im not buddhist or Atheist.

[@phantomtq]

atheist means no religion

[@Jukz-go1wl]

Really insightful videos, I just caught up a few of your vids. I haven’t read about their history, and was just in Mongolia during this Nov. went straight to Gobi desert with a tour. I should come back to UB and spent some time next round.

[@bay0007]

Im in LOVE with ur videos!

[@nakunamuunnk3905]

Recommending go to Shang-Ri-La its the standart hotel and mall and gym fitness pool all there

[@fazeelmahmood22]

Waiting for the next video, please upload it soon.❤️

[@doug_barnard]

coming soon! thanks for watching :D

[@khekvkhadaan7797]

Thank you! Amzazing video about our country.

[@cvxeene]

8:37 That's mostly because most of the older generations are still very fond of Russia. Also because we consider the statue big part of our history.

[@doug_barnard]

i think it's great that they keep it! history is worth preserving

[@TheMGLgreat]

Thank you for the video. Zaisan monument in person gives me impression that im flying 🤩

[@Jeff-lp9eq]

As a Mongolian Its funny U explaining us When I know already

[@Hello-gy7el]

Just wanna say you did your research real good proud of you

[@doug_barnard]

thank you!

[@vees9186]

Thanks for visiting my btfl city. I really appreciate it.

[@streetFoodHuntings1]

কমেডি,ট্রাজেডি, সামাজিক, বাস্তবিক, আবেগ ও ভালোবাসা সব মিলিয়ে নির্মিত ব্যাচেলর পয়েন্ট ❤️এটি শুধু একটা নাটক নয়,এটি হাজারো ভক্তের ভালোবাসা 🌹

[@b.johnathanwarriorinagarde7980]

The sky there really does seem endless... Gorgeous.

[@RetroLine911]

Another video of the mastermind I love being a tourism one day

[@doug_barnard]

thanks!

[@seamusrichard]

I don't know exactly when this monument was built (most likely post-1953), but if it was built during Stalin's time there definitely would have been a Stalin head bust. Although after his death, both in the soviet union and soviet - aligned nations (such as Mongolia, East Germany, etc.) there was a widespread De-Stalinization campaign. This included the demolition of Stalinist monuments (one of the most notable examples being in Prague during the mid 1950's when the world largest representation of Stalin was taken down by the communist Czechoslovak government on the behest of it's Soviet overlords), his name was removed from buildings, as well as street-signs. (9:00)

[@TuneTamasha]

I used to know a few people from Mongolia. But then they parted ways before I got to know them better. Intriguing place.

[@SatisfyingJoyMotive1222]

Actually, Gandan Tegchilen is not mongolian word. It's a tibetian word. It came to mongolian language from tibetian with Buddism. To be honest, even we don't know the meaning of this word

[@baagiibataa2222]

Үхсэн хойноо ойлгоноо,дотооддоо шийдээгүй асуудлаа гадныханд хуцах хэрэггүй

[@ИндраДэлгэрмөрөн]

The yellow and blue building is my school the school is called school American school of Ulaanbaatar and there was an rainbow behind you

[@Elhadaf22]

Nice work Butefol very good video 💐💙💚

[@benjismith593]

Bald would've loved to join you on that tour. Incredible history here.

[@chadchad3507]

we mostly keep our communist monuments because of how much they have industrialized as such (education, building our cities for us etc). And mostly because they supported us during our revolution for independence.

[@rl8925]

Hopw you're gonna go and meet the yong shaman!

[@PrimalBeastDota2]

Since you are here, you should definitely Hike Bogd Mountain south of Zaisan Tolgoi seen here.

[@Ned69]

I watch Band and Bankrupt as well! My wife and I will be going there in September (just commented on ur last Mongolia video and now just taking the night to watch all ur shit). I can't wait to see one of the Soviet Mosiacs Bald talks so much about. I wonder if there are any in NYC. Probably a quick google search will answer that! hahah

[@sra7603]

So when are you going to come to Iran? I will be happy to see you here🙏🏻❤💚

[@MoonRise-in2dz]

haha, the mosaic reminds you of bald and bankrupt! Agree with w/u Doug! Mr. Bald has a thing for mosaics and ruined buildings! But Doug, your presentation is much better and more educational as you seem to be doing your homework (research the history) ahead and u r delivering tons of information along w/your video rather than applying your personal impression! That makes you unique from other KZbinrs and pls keep the style! Great travel vlog and totally subscribed! 🙂

[@MoonRise-in2dz]

As far as the soviet style monuments, you are right that many ex-soviet countries demolished their soviet-style monuments to embrace a new ideology (capitalism). But the thing is those monuments were part of our history and the people of that era (our parents and grandparents) had lived through the era in complete belief and respect! Thus wrecking the monuments means we are erasing part of our history whether it's good or bad, or right or wrong! History is history and we should keep the past as it is, but just need to build a better future! As far as the Zaisan monument in UB, it was built in memory of millions of innocent young men and women who lost their lives during World War 2. It is a symbol of Mongolian and Russian friendship and is appreciated by many people in both countries! The end! Good luck with your channel! 😉

[@chingunmunkhtur9382]

I don't know if you missed the tank statue, but there is a T-34-85(went on Berlin campaign) on the bottom of the Zaisan monument :)

[@s1r100]

Монгол бусад буурай хөгжилтэй орны дэргэд харьцангуй тайван амгалан газаршүү

[@akabill79]

You need to make your vids longer Doug just settled in with a beer on Sunday night and it’s almost over ..My wife and I spent a few days there in 2019 just an awesome place we ate so many Buuz we put on 5 kgs ..One interesting fact is the people there are closely related to Koreans and the Buddhist temples there have similar designs and colours to those in Korea..😂Great vid!

[@doug_barnard]

hahah longer videos coming very soon!! i really appreciate it!

[@snaywagaming1422]

As a Mongolian I wish I could meet u somereason hope i get lucky man

[@oldandgrumpy6284]

Best . Thank you for your nice video

[@doug_barnard]

thank you for watching!

[@crazy-fc7or]

Big fan bro from bangladesh

[@batmunkhaltanulzii161]

I swear if I can work, I want to be a tourist guide during summer and introduce our country to tourists and foreigners

[@bayartsetsegdavaasuren5695]

im just wanted to say thank you for visiting mongolia 😊😊😊😊

[@jonatanbatnasan127]

btw wonderful video love it but you had some stuff wrong 1) we still have the zaisan monument bc honestly we dont have these kinds of giant stuff as much as different countries and because it is written in our history that we were allied with ussr against nazis and the chinese and as a monument to celebrate all the struggle and sacrifice to help the ussr against the nazis, if we were to destroy zaisan it would be destroying our history of ally-ship with the soviets, and our sacrifices. 2)mongolia was never in srtruggle between china and ussr during the communist era we were right on soviet-allied bc we abhored the chinese. and histrorically during the tri-state conference china was not communist rather it was warring, even after when the communist overtook china they were content with our soviet allied existence.

[@miratic]

ariana what are you doing here

[@jonatanbatnasan127]

@@miratic the hell?

[@hollynguyen8522]

Thanks for the facts n info in this video. Very interesting 👍

[@bilguun8912]

Loved the "Bald and bankrupt" reference haha

[@marshallgan9494]

Thanks for video bro

[@cherrycolagames3187]

There’s a rainbow in the background at 7:10 :0

[@ACRealmz]

So cool! I love it can’t wait to come here.

[@deakensomoza3305]

Hey Doug are you doing more videos?

[@ya_livau]

Watching you from Russia,love you so much 😍come to Dagestan

[@TheJennyca74]

It is beautiful. Thank you

[@doug_barnard]

thanks for watching!

[@temujns]

i laughed so hard when you had to go through that street to gandan where u felt ure in a small town immediately 😂😂

[@h3l1x90]

i live in Mongolia ty for comeing!

[@Zyfiee]

5:18 Yes! you are supposed to be quiet in there, respect my guy

[@Philoglossos]

I recognize that this is very pedantic, but it's not 'CCCP' but 'SSSR', it's just that the Russian S and R look like the Latin C and P. I was a bit confused at first cuz it soundes like you were talking about the CCP (chinese communist party) 😛

[@doug_barnard]

ah yeah i know hahah sorry. i think i said it both ways in the video

[@Philoglossos]

@@doug_barnard Great video BTW! Shoulda said so in the first comment. We all have brain farts sometimes :P

[@Genso326]

Chinese actually by purpose copied the USSR name and made it look similar CCCP vs CCP. Like always.

[@whispersaihna]

Союз Советских Социалистических Республик

[@fannovac4701]

I feel like I wanna do translate for you since I have nothing to do home anyways lol.

[@tafsirulislam4033]

Bro missing you love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩💖

[@umtv322]

Hey Doug! There is Orhun Monuments just out of Ulanbatur. It is the oldest written Turkish scripts from 5th-6th AD century. Maybe you would like to visit them! Many thanks for the great videos 😊

[@Genso326]

There are also many Hunnu, Xianbei, Kithan and etc ancient sites.

[@MB-rb9tk]

No one cares about Turks 😂