Darhan gün Baldandorj, Governor of the Right Banner of Altai Urianhais: Archive documents and Oral tradition

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show two complementary views of a lesser known banner governor of the Mongolian Autonomy period, Baldandorji güng of Altai Uriankhais. I bring together the scarce archive mentions available in Mongolian archives and compare them with the steadily disappearing local oral tradition.

The comparison of the archive and the oral evidence proves that the oral sources make possible to approach the significance of the personality for the local community.

Keywords

• Altai Uriankhai
• Banner of Darqan güng (Darqan beyise)
• Baldandorji güng
• Čültüm da lama
• Altai Frontier
• oral history
• oral tradition