Baterdene, centre, tends to the stove in his family’s ger – better known by the Russian term ‘yurt’ – alongside his wife, Baigal, his son, and a friend, Gurjav Tuvshintur, governor of the province

Baterdene, centre, tends to the stove in his family’s ger – better known by the Russian term ‘yurt’ – alongside his wife, Baigal, his son, and a friend, Gurjav Tuvshintur, governor of the province