Urga

What they call the Urga is the court, or the place

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MRS. GULL (Mrs. Bulstrode as she then was) had the fortune, not to mention the pluck, to be in Urga at a time when history was being made for Mongolia.

A Tour in Mongolia 1920

Then arose a pro-Russian party in Urga, urging alliance with Russia as a protection against

A Tour in Mongolia 1920

Encampment, "as the Mongols call Urga, which is not a Mongol word at all, but merely a modification of the Russian" urgo, "a camp or palace, is a network of palisaded lanes enclosing, not comfortable houses and offices and banks, as in Mai-ma-chin, but temples and lamasseries.

A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall

The capital and largest city is Ulaanbaatar (formerly Urga).

Mongolia The World Factbook 2008

They proposed to reinstate the Ninth Jebtsundamba in Urga, with sanction from Lhasa, so that he could act as a rallying point for a pan-Mongol movement that would include Buryatia.

Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia 2003

Thus, after taking Urga in early 1921, he restored the Jebtsundamba to the throne.

Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia 2003

The Chinese had imprisoned the Jebtsundamba in the Mongolian capital, Urga (Ulaan Baatar), and Ungern went on a holy mission to free him.

Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia 2003

With the help of the Soviet Red Army, Sukhe Batur took Urga in late 1921 and severely limited the authority of the Jebtsundamba.

Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia 2003

Subsequently, Soviet troops stayed in Urga until 1924.

Exploitation of the Shambhala Legend for Control of Mongolia 2003