Sükhbaatar (city)

Sükhbaatar (Mongolian Сүхбаатар ) is the capital of Selenge aimag in northern Mongolia. It lies on the river Orkhon and forms the border station to Russia on the main line of the Trans-Mongolian Railway.

The city was founded in 1940, and named after the Mongolian revolutionary leader Damdin Sükhbaatar.

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