The article studied the activities of Soviet diplomat Otto Ivanovich Makstenek. He was illegally repressed in 1938 and undeservedly forgotten in history. Makstenek worked as an authorized representative of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs of the RSFSR in Mongolia in 1920–1921. The authors found that he played an important role in organizing the national liberation movement, preparing and implementing the 1921 revolution.

Kuras Leonid Vladimirovich, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor, Senior Research Associate, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies SB RAS, 6, Sakhyanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation, e-mail: kuraslv@yandex.ru. 

Tsybenov Bazar Dogsonovich, Candidate of Sciences (History), Research Scientist, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies SB RAS, 6, Sakhyanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation, e-mail: bazar75@mail.ru

Kuras L.V., Tsybenov B.D. Otto Ivanovich Makstenek: Year from Life of the Soviet Diplomat. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2020, vol. 32, pp. 83-90. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2020.32.83 (in Russian)

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