Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue

A monumental equestrian statue of Genghis Khan is approximately 54 kilometers east-southeast of the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar, south of the river Tuul. The location, Tsonjin Boldog in the province Töw Aimag, is a place where Genghis Khan is said to have according to the legend found a golden whip. The statue shows him sitting on the back of a horse with the whip in his right hand. Genghis Khan was the first Great Khan of the Mongols, he agreed the Mongol Empire and conquered large parts of Asia.

The statue is about 30 meters high and stands on a roughly 10 -meter-high building with 36 columns, which serves as a base. Thus, it is currently the highest equestrian statue in the world, surpassing the previous record holder, a statue in Uruguay, by twice (as of 2011). The monument was inaugurated on 26 September 2008 and consists of approximately 250 tons of stainless steel. The construction costs are said to have amounted to around 4.1 million U.S. dollars.

The base - building includes restaurants and souvenir shops. From there, visitors can reach the back of the horse between the legs of the rider with a elevator. A staircase leads over the horse's neck to a viewing platform on its head. In order to around the statue of a park to be created, the Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex. Around 200 yurts should be able to accommodate visitors there.