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{{Infobox country|name=Bogd Khanate of Mongolia|native_name=ᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠲᠤ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ<br>Богд хаант Монгол Улс|image_flag=Flag of Bogd Khanate.svg|image_coat=Bogd Khanate Emblem.svg|capital=Niislel Khüree|mode_of_production=[[Feudalism]]|government_type=[[Theocratic]] [[monarchy]]|leader_title1=Khan|leader_name1=[[Bogd Khan]]|life_span=1911–1924|image_map=Mongolia map.svg|map_width=260|common_languages=Mongolian|religion=[[Buddhism]]}}
{{Infobox country|name=Bogd Khanate of Mongolia|native_name=ᠪᠣᠭᠳᠠ ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠨᠲᠤ ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ ᠤᠯᠤᠰ<br>Богд хаант Монгол Улс|image_flag=Flag of Bogd Khanate.svg|image_coat=Bogd Khanate Emblem.svg|capital=Niislel Khüree|mode_of_production=[[Feudalism]]|government_type=[[Theocratic]] [[monarchy]]|leader_title1=Khan|leader_name1=[[Bogd Khan]]|life_span=1911–1924|image_map=Mongolia map.svg|map_width=260|common_languages=Mongolian|religion=[[Buddhism]]}}


The '''Bogd''' '''Khanate of Mongolia''' was a [[Theocracy|theocratic]] [[Feudalism|feudal]] state that existed between the [[Mongolian Revolution of 1911|1911 national liberation revolution]] and the [[Mongolian People's Revolution|1921 socialist revolution]] in Mongolia. After the revolution, the [[Agvaan Luvsan Choijinnyam Danzan Vanchüg|Bogd Khan]] remained in place as a figurehead until the founding of the [[Mongolian People's Republic (1924–1992)|People's Republic]] in 1924.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:300</sup>
The '''Bogd''' '''Khanate of Mongolia''' was a [[Theocracy|theocratic]] [[Feudalism|feudal]] state that existed between the [[Mongolian Revolution of 1911|1911 national liberation revolution]] and the [[Mongolian People's Revolution|1921 socialist revolution]] in Mongolia.


== History ==
== History ==
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In late 1917, fighting broke out near the northern border of Mongolia between workers and peasants and invading [[White Army|Whites]] and local feudal lords. In early 1918, the capitalists, [[Landlord|landlords]], [[Kulak|kulaks]], and Whiteguards who had been overthrown in Russia began fleeing into Mongolia, making the peasants desire a revolution in their own country. When the Whites took control of Siberia in late 1918, Soviet workers and peasants fled to Mongolia. The Bogd Khan allied with the pro-Japanese Anhui clique of Chinese warlords, who invaded Mongolia in 1918. In mid-1919, after retaking the East, the Soviet government abolished all unequal treaties Russia had had with Mongolia. The Khan rejected the Whiteguard [[Grigory Semyonov|Semyonov]]'s plan to unify all Mongol lands into a single state that Japan could control, which collapsed in 1919.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:272–5</sup>
In late 1917, fighting broke out near the northern border of Mongolia between workers and peasants and invading [[White Army|Whites]] and local feudal lords. In early 1918, the capitalists, [[Landlord|landlords]], [[Kulak|kulaks]], and Whiteguards who had been overthrown in Russia began fleeing into Mongolia, making the peasants desire a revolution in their own country. When the Whites took control of Siberia in late 1918, Soviet workers and peasants fled to Mongolia. The Bogd Khan allied with the pro-Japanese Anhui clique of Chinese warlords, who invaded Mongolia in 1918. In mid-1919, after retaking the East, the Soviet government abolished all unequal treaties Russia had had with Mongolia. The Khan rejected the Whiteguard [[Grigory Semyonov|Semyonov]]'s plan to unify all Mongol lands into a single state that Japan could control, which collapsed in 1919.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:272–5</sup>


The Bogd Khan gave power to Chinese warlords led by [[Chen Yi]] in 1919 and continued to receive a large salary for himself and his wife. Mongolian feudal lords were still able to exploit the peasants without interference. In 1919 November, the Chinese president abolished the autonomy of Outer Mongolia. China forced the Mongolian peasants to pay for its military and for all losses caused to Chinese companies after independence in 1911.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:275–7</sup>
The Bogd Khan gave power to Chinese warlords led by [[Chen Yi]] in 1919 and continued to receive a large salary for himself and his wife. Mongolian feudal lords were still able to exploit the peasants without interference. In November 1919, the [[Xu Shichang|Chinese president]] abolished the autonomy of Outer Mongolia. China forced the Mongolian peasants to pay for its military and for all losses caused to Chinese companies after independence in 1911.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:275–7</sup>


In the summer of 1920, the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]] and [[United States of America|USA]]-backed Zhili clique overthrew the Anhui clique. Chen Yi arrived in Mongolia as High Commissioner and arrested and tortured many revolutionaries. [[Roman Ungern-Sternberg]] invaded Mongolia in 1920 Ocober and gained the support of the Mongolian nobility against China and created a provisional government led by the nobles Luvsantseven and Zhamyan. He then allied with the Bogd Khan and defeated the Zhili clique in 1921 February. Ungern executed the Minister for the Western Province and removed the War Minister from office.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:281–4</sup>
In the summer of 1920, the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]] and [[United States of America|USA]]-backed Zhili clique overthrew the Anhui clique. Chen Yi arrived in Mongolia as High Commissioner and arrested and tortured many revolutionaries.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:281–2</sup>


=== Socialist revolution ===
=== Socialist revolution ===
{{Main article|Mongolian People's Revolution}}
{{Main article|Mongolian People's Revolution}}
=== People's Government ===
On 1921 July 16, Mongolia formed a people's government with [[Dogsomyn Bodoo]] as Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, [[Damdin Sükhbaatar]] as Commander-in-Chief and Minister of War, [[Soliin Danzan]] as Minister of Finance, [[Magsarjav]] as Minister of Justice, and [[Puntsagdorj]] as Minister of Internal Affairs. The Bogd Khan temporarily kept the title of limited monarch.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:300</sup>
In 1921 October, Sükhbaatar, Danzan, and Tserendorj went to Moscow to establish diplomatic relations with the [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)|RSFSR]]. In November, the RSFSR recognized the People's Government as the only lawful government of Mongolia and cancelled the [[Debt|debts]] held by the pre-revolutionary government. The delegates met with [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] and discussed ways for Mongolia to develop without going through a [[Capitalism|capitalist]] stage.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:304–5</sup>
On 1921 September 5, the People's Government began to form the Provisional Little Hural or pre-parliament that contained five ''arats'' and one aristocrat from every region in addition to representatives from the [[Mongolian People's Army|Army]], [[Mongolian People's Party|Party]] Central Committee, and [[Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League|Revolutionary Youth League]] Central Committee. In late 1921, the government banned torture and abolished Qing laws. By the end of 1921, there were five local party cells with a total of 150 members. The new government abolished the privileges of the princes and began [[Tax|taxing]] the monasteries' herds. It limited the ''urton'' system that allowed the nobility to use peasants' horses and ended all debt payments to foreign companies. It nationalized companies owned by other countries or by the nobility. In 1921 September, Mongolia opened its first primary school in Örgöö and soon rebuilt the printing shop destroyed by the Chinese warlords.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:308</sup>
==== Attempted counterrevolution ====
On November 1, the People's Government officially abolished the Bogd Khan's veto power and ability to create regulations. Prime Minister Bodoo, Interior Minister [[Dambyn Chagdarjav|Chagdarjav]], and the lama Puntsagdorj were convicted of plotting counterrevolution. Lamas led by [[Jamyan-Danzan]] and plotted to attack the government headquarters on the morning of 1921 December 21, but the People's Army arrested them the night before. Japan and the Bogd Khan supported plots by Ochirov and Tuvanov and Tserempil, respectively.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:308–9</sup>
==== Abolition of feudalism ====
Mongolia abolished serfdom in the early 1920s and taxed the princes, nobility, lamas, and monasteries. In 1923, it signed a trading agreement with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)|USSR]]. Livestock breeding substantially surpassed pre-revolutionary levels in 1923 and 1924.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:310–2</sup>


== Economy ==
== Economy ==
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