Nomonhan Burd Obo
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Nomonhan Burd Obo is an obo,<ref>The Tokyo War Crimes Trial, Volume 16 Nomonhan-Burd+Obo, File:NDL10269238 Court Record of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East 1948-01-30 (pp. 38,549-38,617).pdf
- Quote: "Nomonhan is an obo. It is called Nomonhan-Burd Obo. There are two obos and the border line runs between these two obos. <...> Nomonhan-Burd Obo itself is situated on top of a hill which is near the Hailastin-Gol River."</ref> a cairn set as a border marker in the Yongzheng period of the Qing dynasty. The Japanese name "Nomonhan Incident" for the Battles of Khalkhin Gol is after the obo. The clashes resulted from the dispute: Japan maintained that the border between Mongolia and China runs along Khalkhin Gol, while Mongolia and the Soviet Union maintained that the border runs 10 to 20 km northwards and passes by the Nomonhan.