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Since Tuva’s separation from Mongolia, border disputes between Mongolia and Tuva had arisen. When Molotov arrived in Ulaanbaatar as an Ambassador in July 1957, he re-opened the border problem issue between Tuva and Mongolia. ...

History of the Mongols The Third Dream and Nuisance of XX Century

Choibalsan’s Dream

Telmen Luvsandorj May 8, 2020

Choibalsan had been thinking a lot about Great Mongolia. He seems to have been deeply imbued with the idea of uniting it while was in close relationship with Rinchino. However, he saw with his ...

Traditional Music Instruments

De Jure Independence

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 24, 2020

It was very difficult for Stalin tossed either to Japan or China the lands in which he had invested so much effort, time, and money. He especially could not afford to lose Mongolia to ...

History of the Mongols Recognition of the Mongolia's Independence

Sino-Soviet Negotiations

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 24, 2020

The fate of Mongolia, which as far back as 1907 had been the subject of confrontation between Russia, China, and Japan, had to be resolved once and for all. With its defeat in the ...

History of the Mongols Recognition of the Mongolia's Independence

The Yalta Treaty

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 24, 2020

By 1944 it became clear to everyone that Nazi Germany had very little time to live, and the war would soon end in Europe. Although the future of Europe was unclear, it was evident ...

History of the Mongols New Legend

Choibalsan’s New Team

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 24, 2020

Every time Choibalsan returned from Moscow, he brought with him a list of people who were to be eliminated. this time, several days after he arrived back in Ulaanbaatar, Party Chief Baasanjav and Union ...

History of the Mongols The Great Purge

The Terror Ends

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 24, 2020

Stalin held a special grudge against the Buriads and the Kazakhs who had left the USSR for Mongolia. The Buriads who had survived the Lhumbe case were rounded up and, by 1939, in Selenge ...

History of the Mongols The Great Purge

The Total Terror

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 23, 2020

The Great Purge became a routine. Stalin stepped back from the control of the details in Mongolia once he felt that fear was sovereign. Among those who had fallen were twenty-five persons from the ...

History of the Mongols The Great Purge

Genden Falls into Disfavor

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 23, 2020

Genden realized that with the New Reform Policy, his country was heading in a new direction, while Stalin realized that Genden couldn’t become the “Mongol Stalin”. The two met on November 15, 1934. Genden ...

From Nomadism to Marxism History of the Mongols

The Birth of a Stateline Country

Telmen Luvsandorj Apr 23, 2020

The first People’s Hural (Assembly) convened in November 1924, in Ulaanbaatar. The Hural’s main purpose was for the “people’s representatives” to ratify the new constitution and start building a state apparatus in accordance with ...