When the city became the capital of the new Mongolian People's Republic in 1924, its name was changed to Ulan Bator (Улаанбаатар, "Ulaanbaatar", classical Mongolian "", literally "Red Hero").
Tako se imenuje "Bogdiin Khuree" ("Богдийн Хүрээ", "Bogdiĭn Khüree", "Sveti kamp") v ljudski pesmi "Hvalnica Bogdiin Khuree".