book "Awards of Mongolia" 2025 The most new phaleristic literary novelty

(illustrations on 88 pages) The Ukrainian language is quite understandable to the Russian-speaking audience.

A completely new edition, coated paper, full-color. Size B5 (175x250 mm). Hardcover.

historical background ...

The Mongolian People's Republic was formed in 1924 with the support of the Soviet Union, which continued to provide military and political assistance to the MPR, especially after the Japanese invasion of neighboring Manchuria in 1931. In the Soviet-Japanese

War of 1939, joint actions of Soviet and Mongolian troops at Khalkhin Gol repelled Japanese aggression on the territory of the republic. Mongolia, as an ally of the USSR, provided economic assistance to the USSR during the Great Patriotic War, and also took part in the defeat of the Japanese Kwantung Army in 1945.

Such close cooperation between Mongolia and the USSR left its mark on the formation and development of the award system of Mongolia. At first, many Mongolian awards were even similar to Soviet ones. But over time, the country developed its own traditions and features of its national awards. One of these characteristic features was the enamel bars for Mongolian orders and medals.

Another distinctive feature of most Mongolian awards is that many of them, at least, exist in three versions. This was due to the three-time replacement of the state emblem of the country during its existence. And since the image of the coat of arms of Mongolia is present on almost all awards, their design changed with each introduction of a new coat of arms.

Another feature of Mongolian awards is the use of inscriptions on awards, both in Old Mongolian script and in Latin. Often, the same sign was issued in two versions. Sometimes both letters were used on one sign. On the one hand, this added zest to the design of the awards, on the other, it led to confusion in the official name of the signs.

The award system of Mongolia is built on the classical European model and consists of the highest awards, orders, medals and award signs. Since the country's award system was only being formed during the Second World War, most of the classical sections

of awards did not exist. For example, among the award signs, there were no qualification signs at all. And the awards themselves during this period were only a few units. Mongolia did not have its own production facilities for the manufacture of awards at that time.

Therefore, many of them were not only manufactured in the USSR, but their design was also developed there. The samples of awards made in Mongolian workshops that have survived to this day are clearly of different quality from those supplied by the Soviet Union, and therefore are often classified as crude fakes even by experienced phalerists. Although these are in fact genuine examples of local production. Only by the 60s of the last century did Mongolia begin to produce its own awards.