 These monasteries are among the very few in Mongolia to escape the wholesale destruction of Mongolian monasteries under Khorloogiin Choibalsan.Old Ikh Khüree, once the city was set up as a permanent capital, had a number of palaces and noble residences in an area called "Öndgiin sürgiin nutag".The Jebtsundamba Khutughtu, who was later crowned Bogd Khan, had four main imperial residences, which were located between the Middle ("Dund gol") and Tuul rivers.