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Deer carvings on rocks constitute historical monuments of ancient times. Thousand of these rocks are evidence of the development and wealth of sculpture in ancient Mongolia. During the Tureg Age, in the 6th-8th centuries, the richest collection of stone sculptures was created. Now more than 500 of them can be found in the Altai and Khangai mountains. Undur Gegeen Zanabazar of Khalkh, the prominent religious figure and glorious sculptor of the 17th century, created 21 taras (consort of Buddha), which show the beauty of Mongolian women. Zanabazar laid the foundation for the depiction and praise of human beauty in Mongolian sculpture. Important achievements of modern Mongolian sculpture include S.Choimbol's (1907-1970) monument to Sukhbaatar, leader of People's Revolution in Mongolia, located in the central square of Ulaanbaatar. Since 1931, when a monument of D.Sukhbaatar was first built in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia has built over 80 monuments. Before the 1990s during the socialist period, many monuments were built to commemorate and to show respect for famous state leaders, workers and herders. Portrait monuments in particular, dominated, as seen by the monuments of Lenin, Stalin, Choibalsan, Jukov, Natsagdorj and Sukhbaatar. However, during the past 10 years free style monuments dedicated to the images of the city have been more and more popular among sculptors. The most recent monu hotel by sculptor B.Hiimori.