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  • The Regzen family outside their ger with all of their possessions, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Published in Material World pages 40-41. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • In late September, a family assembles a ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) in a squatter settlement on the hillsides of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Portrait of the Batsuuri family of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • A small coal-burning stove heats the neighboring ger of Oyunsetseg's sister and her family on a snowy September weekend morning. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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  • Russian style apartment buildings in urbanized Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The city's big coal-fired power plants (smokestack and 3 cooling towers in background) and countless small coal-burning stoves create a polluted haze. Published in Material World, page 43.
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  • Despite the popular image of Mongolians as nomadic herders, it is an increasingly urbanized country. More than one quarter of Mongolians live in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. Many people move into the city from the countryside and live in squatter areas on the hillsides around the city, sometimes bringing their animals with them. Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Kids play by a large puddle near the storage units that act as garages for residents of the large apartment building in the background. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • In late September, a family assembles a ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) in a squatter settlement on the hillsides of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. They have been herding animals in the countryside for the summer and are now moving back into the city for the winter. Despite the popular image of Mongolians as nomadic herders, it is an increasingly urbanized country. More than one quarter of Mongolians live in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. Material World Project.
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  • Resident from the rural countryside built squatters houses on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. There are some rounded gers visible in the photograph but Mongols attracted to the more modern style began to build non-traditional housing. Architecture. Material World Project.
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  • Khorloo Batsuuri (far right) and her fellow students listen to their teacher at school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Khorloo Batsuuri and her classmates at school in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Children, Child. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • These happy young neighbors of the Regzen Batsuuri family live in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Children, Child. The Regzen Batsuuri family lives in a 200 square foot ger (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) on a hillside lot overlooking one of the sprawling valleys that make up Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Despite the popular image of Mongolians as nomadic herders, it is an increasingly urbanized country. More than one quarter of Mongolians live in the capital city, Ulaanbaatar. Many people move into the city from the countryside and live in squatter areas on the hillsides around the city, often living in their traditional gers (round tent built from canvas, strong poles, and wool felt) until they erect more permanent housing. Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • One of the monuments honoring Soviet accomplishments in days gone by in Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia built on a little peak named Zaisan. It's still a popular site for visitors because of the good view over the city. School children visit and play. Material World Project.
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  • A fierce September snowstorm whips through a residential hillside area of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Whatever the weather, Black Markets were quite prevalent in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia before the rise of the modern market economy that came with the demise of the Soviet Union and Mongolia's subsequent self-rule. Material World Project.
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  • Schoolchildren jam the doorway of their school before their classrooms open in the morning. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Props for souvenir photographs in downtown Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in Sukhbaatar Square. Sukhbaatar is Mongolia's national hero who liberated Mongolia from Chinese rule. Material World Project.
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  • A photographer takes souvenir photographs to sell to visitors in Sukhbaatar Square, in the center of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Sukhbaatar is Mongolia's national hero who liberated Mongolia from Chinese rule. Parliament buildings are in the background. Material World Project.
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  • Train station in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • Portrait of a truck driver in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • A bride and groom visit a Buddhist monastery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Marriage. Traditionally, Buddhist monasteries were centers both of learning and of power in Mongolia. In the 1930s, this power became the focus of a ruthless series of purges that reached a climax in 1937. Most of the country's monasteries were destroyed, and as many as 17,000 monks were killed. Monasteries are being restored and are once again crowded with worshipers. Material World Project.
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  • A dilapidated coal burning power plant generates electricity and hot water that is piped throughout the city to heat buildings in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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  • One of the monuments honoring Soviet accomplishments in days gone by in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia built on a little peak named Zaisan. It's still a popular site for visitors because of the good view over the city. Material World Project.
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  • Trees along a stream, 35km from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Material World Project.
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