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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Oliver Hotham and Khaliun Bayartsogt

Nomadic Roots, Urban Lives: The Young Mongolians Leading A Transition

Luvsanbaldan Batsukh rests next to his horse after herding sheep and goats in Khishig-Undur in Bulgan province (Credit: AFP)

Freezing from horseback riding in the winter and helping her herder parents tend to livestock during summers spent outdoors -- Bat-Erdene Khulan vividly remembers her childhood on Mongolia's steppe.

She has since studied a master's degree in Luxembourg, found work as a financial consultant, and made Mongolia's capital city Ulaanbaatar her family home after moving away from her nomadic roots.

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