Sükhbaatar Square

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Mongolia's government building with statue of Genghis Khan sitting in front of it and Sukhbaatar statue on top of the red/brown rock.
Mongolia's government building with statue of Genghis Khan sitting in front of it and Sukhbaatar statue on top of the red/brown rock.

Sükhbaatar Square (Mongolian: Сүхбаатарын талбай, pronounced Sükhbaatariin Talbai) is a public square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia front of the Mongolian government and Mongolian parliament building. It is named after and features a statue of Damdin Sükhbaatar, leader of Mongolia's 1921 revolution.

Major buildings on the square include the Government House, the Golomt Bank, the Central Post Office, and the Culture Palace and statue of Genghis Khan and his generals overlooking the square in front of the government building[citation needed].