From Khangai to the Gobi Desert (Travel Notes) (1974)

Views of Ulaanbaatar.

Monument to Sukhebaatar.

Memorials in honor of the heroes of the revolution and World War II. Views of one of the memorials.

Fragments of a mosaic.

Face of a girl.

View of one of the sculptures of the memorial.

Cars on one of the city avenues.

Herd of horses grazing in the steppe.

A herder rides a horse, leads a horse by the bridle.

Steppe landscape.

Forest landscape.

View of a river valley.

Panorama of a field with ripening wheat.

Combines at harvest.

View of one of the waterfalls in the north of the country in Khangai.

A local resident goes down the steep bank of the Orkhon River.

View of a part of the river (from above).

A local resident collects mineral water from a spring in a bowl, drinks it.

View of a waterfall.

Panorama of the steppe in the foothills, a grazing flock of sheep.

Shepherds ride horses.

Orkhon yaks in a pasture.

Views of the Orkhon Valley.

Ancient ruins and remains of ancient civilizations in the valley.

Fragments of statues and stones with inscriptions.

Stone sculpture of a turtle.

View of the buildings of the Erdeni Dzu Buddhist monastery.

Dancing monk in a mask.

The gates of the monastery open.

Views of monastery buildings, fragments of decorations.

View of the monastery in the steppe.

Landscape of the Gobi Desert.

Mongolian arat riding a camel.

A road through the desert, wheel tracks in the sand.

Trucks drive through the desert.

Canyons in the earth's crust formed as a result of heavy rains and frequent hurricanes.

Lizard on stones.

A truck drives through a canyon past rocks.

Views of a ridge of basalt lava in one of the valleys, researchers making their way between stone blocks.

Drawings of animals on stones discovered by archaeologists, faces of archaeologists.

Archaeologists examining another find.

Stone tools made of semi-precious stones discovered by archaeologists, faces of archaeologists.

Panorama of part of the area, view of a broken stone block with drawings.

Drawings of animals on stones.

Archaeologists make their way between the stones.

Drawings on stones.

Panorama of part of the Gobi, a road through the desert.

Riders riding along the road.

Grazing horses.

A herder on horseback.

Local residents break in and tame young stallions.

The face of one of the local residents.

Flora and fauna of the Gobi Desert.

Gobi grapes.

Grazing camels.

Head of a camel.

Views of Gobi areas covered with small stones.

View of one of the reservoirs near a well in the Gobi.

A woman weeding seedlings.

Horses coming from a watering hole.

Panorama of part of the desert.

View of a flooded area after prolonged rains.

Sheep crossing a reservoir formed as a result of heavy rains.

Shepherds fording a reservoir on horseback.

People riding horses and camels.

Cargo in packs.

A camel caravan passes through a flooded area.

Views of a freshwater lake in the Gobi Desert.

Flora and fauna in the vicinity of Lake Khara-Usnur.

Water lilies on the water (panorama).

Swans on the water.

Flocks of birds over the lake.

Lake landscapes.

View of the sandy shore of the lake, a motorboat floats past the dunes.

Lake landscape at sunset.

Riders riding through the desert at sunset.

Local residents heading to the district center for the Naadam holiday.

Panorama of the parking lot near the yurts.

Faces of adults and children.

Tea drinking in one of the yurts.

Wrestling competitions during the holiday in Dalanzadgad, faces of spectators.

Horse racing competitions among children.

Young participants in the races on the distance, adults watch the races through binoculars.

Panorama of the holiday.

The winner of the race finishes.

The face of the girl who won the race.

The winner's horse.

One of the participants in the race finishes with the help of his parents.

A boy drinks water from a can.

Cleaning the winning horse.

Presenting valuable gifts to the parents.

A parachutist landing.

One of the participants in the festival watches the parachutist.

People walk to the landing site of the parachutist.

The faces of children.

The plane during the parachutist drop.

View of a part of Ulaanbaatar (from above).

A traffic controller at the intersection.

People's faces on the streets of the city.