Sükhbaatar's mausoleum

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This article is about the former burial monument. For other uses, see Sükhbaatar.

Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum in the time it was still located in front of the Government House

In Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, on the northern side of Sükhbaatar square stood Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum. In 2005 the mausoleum was removed and relocated to a graveyard outside of the city, to make place for a center dedicated to Genghis Khan, that is currently under construction. Damdin Sükhbaatar was a Mongolian war hero in the early 20th-century when Mongolia was fighting for its independence. The mausoleum was built in 1921, two years before Sühbaatar's death. The mausoleum resembled the shape of Lenin's Mausoleum but differs in color.

Khorloogiin Choibalsan, the ruler of Mongolia during the Communist era, was also buried in the same mausoleum. The corpses of both rulers were ritually burned in 2004, under supervision of the Buddhist clergy.