Choir, Mongolia
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Choir is a city in east-central Mongolia. It is the capital of Govisümber Province. Choir is officially known as Sümber sum.
Train station of Choir, Mongolia, 2013
Generic view of Choir
A sculpture commemorating the first Mongolian cosmonaut, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa, in Choir
Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa
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Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa is a Mongolian cosmonaut and military leader. He was the first Mongol and second Asian to go into space. He also was Mongolia's Defense Minister from 2000 to 2004.
Choir, Mongolia
…jurisdiction of Govisümber Province, according to the 1992 constitution. Near the railway station is a statue commemorating Mongolia's first cosmonaut, Jügderdemidiin Gürragchaa. Choir lies in the Choir Depression, a lowland strip about 150 km long and 10 to 20 km wide, about 500 m lower than the surrounding upland. It lies at…
Gürragchaa in 2011
Mongolia's first astronaut suit, National Museum of Mongolia