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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «ISTORIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «HISTORY»
ISSN 2222-9124 (Print)

List of issues > Series «History». 2021. Vol. 37

Autonomous Mongolia and Revolutionary Russia: On the Policy of Soviet Russia Towards Mongolia in 1917–1920 (To the 100th Anniversary of the Mongolian Revolution of 1921)

Author(s)
N. Khishigt, L. V. Kuras, B. D. Tsybenov
Abstract

The article is devoted to the evolution of the policy of the Soviet Russia on the issue of Mongolia. The period under study begins with the attempts of Soviet Russia to establish relations with Mongolia in 1917–1918. The authors analyzed in detail the revolutionary aspect of Russian politics in Mongolia. In particular, the article studied the activities of the Section of Eastern Peoples of the Siberian Bureau of the RCP (b) and its structural unit – the Mongol- Tibetan department in 1919–1920. The Communist International in 1919–1920 gave preference to the development of the revolutionary movement in China and therefore the People's Revolutionary Party of Mongolia had to establish a close connection with the political trend in China. Thus, the documents of the Communist International emphasized the motive of the unity of interests of the working masses of China and Mongolia. The activity of the Mongol- Tibetan department was directed only to Mongolia, Tibet was not considered as the nearest object of the world socialist revolution.

About the Authors

Khishigt Norovsambuu, Ph. D, Professor, Deputy Director, Institute of History and Ethnology MAS Enkhtaivan av., Bayanzürkh District,, Ulaanbaatar, 13330, Mongolia, e-mail: khishigt_58@yahoo.com,, n.khishigt09@gmail.com

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), Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Mongolian, Buddhist and Tibetan Studies SB RAS, 6, Sakhyanova st., Ulan-Ude, 670047, Russian Federation, e-mail: bazar75@mail.ru

For citation

Khishigt N., Kuras L.V., Tsybenov B.D. Autonomous Mongolia and Revolutionary Russia: On the Policy of Soviet Russia Towards Mongolia in 1917–1920 (To the 100th Anniversary of the Mongolian Revolution of 1921). The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2021, vol. 37, pp. 76-87. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.37.76 (in Russian)

Keywords
Soviet Russia, Mongolia, People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs, Communist International, Section of Eastern Peoples of the Siberian Bureau of the RCP (b), Mongolian-Tibetan Department.
UDC
327(470:517.3)(091)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2021.37.76
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