The knowledgeable Jantsan Gundegmaa (pictured here ‘on country’) was born in Munkhkhaan sum and grew up in and around the western part of Sukhbaatar Aimag in Mongolia and its vast and profoundly beautiful Mongol steppe. J.Gundegmaa is Zava Damdin’s mother, his eej. 29 August 2013. Photograph: C.Pleteshner.

The knowledgeable Jantsan Gundegmaa (pictured here 'on country') was born in Munkhkhaan sum and grew up in and around the western part of Sukhbaatar Aimag in Mongolia and its vast and profoundly beautiful Mongol steppe. J.Gundegmaa is Zava Damdin’s mother, his eej. 29 August 2013. Photograph: C.Pleteshner.

The knowledgeable Jantsan Gundegmaa (pictured here ‘on country’) was born in Munkhkhaan sum and grew up in and around the western part of Sukhbaatar Aimag in Mongolia and its vast and profoundly beautiful Mongol steppe. J.Gundegmaa is Zava Damdin’s mother, his eej. 29 August 2013. Photograph: C.Pleteshner.

The knowledgeable Jantsan Gundegmaa (pictured here ‘on country’) was born in Munkhkhaan sum and grew up in and around the western part of Sukhbaatar Aimag in Mongolia and its vast and profoundly beautiful Mongol steppe. J.Gundegmaa is Zava Damdin’s mother, his eej. 29 August 2013. Photograph: C.Pleteshner.