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Hard Times on the Democratic Steppes |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / ANALYSIS |
| Author: Michael McNierney |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 12/1/1992 |
| Size: 1,985 Words, 12,140 Characters |
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In the fall of 1990, I traveled halfway across the Mongolian People's Republic, from Ulan Bator to Khovd, on Miat, the Mongolian state airline. This past summer, less than two years later, friends of mine trekked roughly the same route through the Mongolian Republic on the ground--over dirt roads at best and rocky tracks at worst.
Many things had changed between our trips, among them two: People had been dropped from the country's name as being too redolent of communism, and there was no aviation fuel for internal flights.
In 1987, the government announced its commitment to iltod (Mongolian for glasnost). In December 1989, in the frigid Ulan Bator winter, intellectuals and students staged a demonstration demanding human rights and a more democratic government. Far from suppress...
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Although grim, the future of Mongolia is not hopeless. The Mongols' success in preserving their identity through centuries of almost overwhelming pressure from their two huge, surrounding neighbors to assimilate or disintegrate is perhaps unique in history and is a sign of resilience, intelligence, and national character that will serve them well in the struggles they face. vbcrlf
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