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Mongolia [b] is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of 1,564,116 square kilometres (603,909 square miles), with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's most sparsely populated sovereign state .
Mongolia is accredited to Spain from its embassy in Paris, France. Spain is accredited to Mongolia from its embassy in Beijing, China. Sweden: Mongolia has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden is accredited to Mongolia from its embassy in Beijing, China. Ukraine: 1992-01-21 [1] Mongolia is represented in Ukraine through its embassy in Poland.
Mongolia held its first democratic elections in 1990, following a peaceful 1990 revolution. [5] [6] From 1921 to 1990, Mongolia was a communist single-party state under the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. [7] Historically, Mongolian politics has been influenced by its two large neighbors, Russia and China. [8] [9]
Semi nomadic life still predominates in the countryside, but settled agricultural communities are becoming more common. Mongolia's population growth rate is estimated at 1.6% (2020 census). About two-thirds of the total population is under age 30, 36% of whom are under 14. Key: For population growth 1979–2008
The country lay in Eastern Europe along the middle and lower sections of the Dnieper on the coast of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The Ukrainian State covered most of the territory of modern-day Ukraine—minus West Ukraine, Budjak and Crimea. Its territory however extended into today's Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Poland. [citation needed]
[1] [2] [3] Ukraine is a founding state of the CIS, although Ukraine did not sign or ratify the subsequent CIS Charter (finalized in 1993) and thus has never been a member of the CIS. Nonetheless, Ukraine participated in various CIS bodies until severing these relations in 2018 due to the protracted Russo-Ukrainian War .
Declared independence from Iran, but then occupied by Iran after the withdrawal of the Soviet Red Army from the north of the country. Manipur State: 1947–1949 Now part of India and Myanmar including Kabaw Valley: Manipur was a princely state of the British Indian Empire from 1891 to 1947. It was granted independence at midnight of 14 August 1947.
The Dalai Lama has visited Elista on a number of occasions. Buddhism and Christianity have been given the status of state religions. In November 2004 the 14th Dalai Lama visited Kalmykia. In October 2022, Erdne Ombadykow, the Supreme Lama of Kalmykia, condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine and fled Russia to Mongolia. [78]