Mongolia

Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Its terrain ranges from the Gobi Desert in the south to cold, mountainous regions in the north and west, part of the wider Mongolian Plateau. Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire here in 1206, which became the largest contiguous land empire in world history; the country later declared autonomy from the collapsing Qing dynasty in 1911, achieved full independence from China in 1921, and became the Mongolian People's Republic in 1924. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/