Sanjaasürengiin Zorig
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Sanjaasürengiin Zorig was a Mongolian politician who played a prominent role in leading the country's 1990 Democratic Revolution. His supporters called him the "Golden Swallow of Democracy". He served
Zorig in the early 1990s
Zorig calms the crowd in Sükhbaatar Square.
Government minister ID of Zorig after his murder, October 1998
State funeral of Zorig on 5-8 October 1998; around 30,000 people gathered to pay tribute to him at Sükhbaatar Square
Mongolian Democratic Union
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The Mongolian Democratic Union is a Mongolian political movement, nonprofit, and non-governmental organization founded in 1989. It was the first democratic movement to challenge the dominance of the M
Sanjaasürengiin Zorig
…called him the "Golden Swallow of Democracy" (Mongolian: Ардчиллын алтан хараацай, ardchillyn altan kharaatsai). He served as the chairman of the Mongolian Democratic Union, a pro-democracy non-governmental organization established in December 1989. After the 1990 Democratic Revolution, he was elected as a deputy to the…
The first public demonstrations in Ulaanbaatar, December 1989