Word: urga
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...this strange tale. Dr. Ossendowski, a Polish professor formerly holding an important official scientific position in Russia, was caught by the Revolution: fied in winter Eastward through Siberia; struck South across Inner and Outer Mongolia and into Thibet; retraced his steps, skirted--the Desert of Gobi, and finally reached Urga, the city of the Living Buddha. From Urga, which was also serving at the time as headquarters for Baron Ungern's campaign to stir up the ancient race of Jenghis Khan against the Bolsheviki, he made his way through Manchuria and thence to Peking and safety. It is the wildest...