Place · 47.90° N · 106.90° E
Tola River
Today Tuul RiverТуул гол
Four travelers wrote about Tola River between 1870 and 1943. Here is what each of them saw, in the order they were there.
- 1870–1882
Among the Mongols
The river at Urga; the lama-city stands on its north bank.
…monotony of the valley is relieved by the gleaming waters of the Tola, which emerge from between mountains on the east, and flowing past disappears into a…Listen from here · chapter 13, 1:51…impression will not be made by the grandly-wooded hill, the gleaming Tola, or the gilded temples; most likely the mind of the visitor will be haunted for years…Listen from here · chapter 13, 10:52 - 1884–1943
Under a Lucky StarRoy Chapman Andrews
The river that flows past Urga, on whose banks the Mongol princes pitched their summer palaces. It is the Туул гол (Tuul River).
…As a result, his palace, beside the Tola River, just under the shadow of "God's Mountain," was a veritable junk shop of Western…Listen from here · chapter 16, 3:45 - 1893–1929
Larson, Duke of Mongolia
The river that flows past Urga, on whose banks the Mongol princes pitched their summer palaces. It is the Туул гол (Tuul River).
…to discover whether or not it really would work, so as the River Tola was in high flood they strapped it on to a lama priest and threw him in.…Listen from here · chapter 1, 35:11…course for Urga; on September 4 we crossed into the valley of the Tola River, and the next day reached Urga.Listen from here · chapter 11, 8:17 - 1920–1921
Beasts, Men and Gods
The river of Urga, along whose banks Baron Ungern's Asiatic Division camped. It is the Tuul.
…her son that has fallen unknown for all time on the plains along the Tola, where his bones will dry beneath the rays of Nature’s dissipating fire and be scattered…Listen from here · chapter 38, 4:26…the mountain it was connected by a long wooden bridge across the Tola with the city of monks, sacred and revered throughout all the East as Ta Kure or Urga.Listen from here · chapter 39, 0:18
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