"Монгол Шуудан" means "Mongol Post" in the Mongolian language. This unusual choice is explained by the band vocalist Valeri Skoroded very simply: the band was standing at a bus stop next to a Soyuzpechat[Wikidata] kiosk and their eyes were caught by fancy postage stamps with the exotic words on them.
Many of their songs are modernized versions of anarchist civil war songs. Some of their songs include "Commissar," "Chekist," "Freedom or Death," "Sabbath on the Bald Mountain", and so forth.
The musicians themselves define the genre as "anarcho-rock". The genre of various songs of the group can be defined as punk, ska-punk, hardcore-punk, heavy metal, grunge, chanson and their hybrids. The main theme of the songs is the theme of the Russian Civil War. The early work of the group was influenced by the band DK, but "Mongol Shuudan" is a rather original group that has created its own signature style - songs in the style of the Makhnovshchina, which is dominant in the work of the group.
In 1994, a journalist from New Hot Rock noted that “Mongol Shuudan seems to be the most interesting phenomenon in Russian rock to lovers of Russian exotica, as well as to underage punks and various intellectuals”.[2]
Answering a question about their attitude towards politics and religion, the group’s leader, Valery Skoroded, stated: “We are against everyone – we are for vodka!”.[3]
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