According to the agency "MONTSAME" in 2011, Mongolia will celebrate 2200 anniversary of the founding of the empire of the Huns. National Committee for organizing this historic event led by the Minister of Education of Mongolia, Mr. Otgonbayar.

The celebration of this date, clearly show both the nomadic Mongols established their first state, as it led equitable cultural relations with neighboring civilizations, will strengthen the Mongols pride in their homeland and will make a significant contribution to the education of patriotism, according to the government.

According to current research, the Hun Empire was a multinational state, so this date is celebrated in conjunction with the countries of Asia and Europe. This will give us an excellent opportunity to promote the history and culture of the nomads. Researchers have shown that the great Mongolian state of the XIII century has inherited all the elements of the state structure of the empire of the Huns.

The Huns ruled vast territories, but the cradle of their nation and the most populated places in the territory of modern Mongolia. As confirmation of this, in our country have already found about five thousand mounds, 20 ancient cities, other settlements and seven historical and memorable places of burial Hun time.

Reference
Xiongnu (Hun) - nomadic people, developed in Central Asia at the beginning of I millennium BC of Aboriginal and Mongoloid Caucasoid people from the North China (DJ). At the end of III century BC Huns, inhabited at that time, Central Transbaikalia, Mongolia and the steppes, defeated the tung-hu, and then invaded China, forcing the emperor Liu Pang to pay tribute. In the I century BC among the Xiongnu arose quarrels shanyuy (chapter A tribal alliance) Huhanye acknowledged himself a vassal of China (51 BC). Weakening of China at the beginning of I century AD allowed them to regain independence, but now in its 48th year, eight breakaway Hun birth again came under Chinese rule. They marked the beginning of the southern Xiongnu. The northern Xiongnu were defeated by a coalition of 87-93 years of Chinese Hsien-pi and dinlinov. Part of the Northern Huns retreated to the west, where, mingling with the natives-Ugrian, marked the beginning of a new nation, known in Europe under the name of the Huns, known as their leader Attila, stormed ancient Rome.

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