Editing Khorloogiin Choibalsan

{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Khorloogiin Choibalsan|native_name=Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан<br>ᠬᠣᠷᠯᠤ᠎ᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠴᠣᠢᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ|image_size=200|birth_date=1895 February 8|birth_place=Bayan Tümen, [[Qing dynasty]]|death_date=1952 January 26|death_place=[[Moscow]], [[RSFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]|death_cause=Cancer|nationality=Mongolian|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]|political_party=[[Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party]]|image=Khorloogiin Choibalsan.png}}

'''Khorloogiin Choibalsan''' (1895 February 8 – 1952 January 26) was a Mongolian communist.

== Early life ==
Choibalsan was born in a [[Peasantry|peasant]] family<ref name=":03">{{Citation|author=A. A. Guber, et al.|year=1973|title=History of the Mongolian People's Republic|title-url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheMPR/page/n116/mode/1up|chapter=The Mongolian People's Revolution and the Proclamation of the Mongolian People's Republic|page=}}</ref><sup>:278</sup> and studied in Irkutsk, [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (1917–1991)|Russia]], where he learned about the [[Russian revolution of 1917|October Revolution]]. He also studied at the first secular school in [[Bogd Khanate of Mongolia (1911–1924)|Mongolia]].<ref name=":0">{{Citation|author=A. A. Guber, et al.|year=1973|title=History of the Mongolian People's Republic|title-url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheMPR/page/n116/mode/1up|chapter=The National-Liberation Movement of the Mongolian People|page=260}}</ref>

== Revolutionary movement ==
Choibalsan joined a revolutionary group located in the consular quarter of Örgöö (now Ulaanbaatar) that included the teacher [[Dogsomyn Bodoo]], the lama [[Darijavyn Losol]], and some low-ranking officials. He first met [[Damdin Sükhbaatar|Sükhbaatar]] in the fall of 1919, and his group merged with Sükhbaatar's group in June 1920 to form the MPRP. Three days later, he set off to Russia with [[Soliin Danzan]] to get support from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Bolsheviks]]. On July 22, his group met Sükhbaatar and other party members in Verkheudinsk (now Ulaan-Üde) and then went to Irkutsk. He stayed in Irkutsk with Sükhbaatar while other party members visited [[Moscow]] or returned to Örgöö early.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:278–82</sup>

After returning to Örgöö, Choibalsan exposed [[Roman Ungern-Sternberg|Baron Ungern]] as a [[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)|Japanese]] puppet and enemy of the Mongolian people. The First Party Congress on 1921 March 1 appointed Choibalsan as commissar of the newly formed [[Mongolian People's Army|Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army]] under commander-in-chief Sükhbaatar.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:289–90</sup>

== Post-revolution ==
In 1921 August, the [[Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League]] unanimously elected Choibalsan as Secretary of its Central Committee.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:308</sup>

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 == Post-revolution ==
 In 1921 August, the [[Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League]] unanimously elected Choibalsan as Secretary of its Central Committee.<ref name=":03" /><sup>:308</sup>
-Choibalsan helped expose multiple [[Counterrevolution|counterrevolutionary]] pro-[[Empire of Japan (1868–1947)|Japanese]] conspiracies during the 1930s, leading to an increase in his popularity.<ref name=":032">{{Citation|author=A. A. Guber, et al.|year=1973|title=History of the Mongolian People's Republic|title-url=https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfTheMPR/page/n160/mode/1up|chapter=The Mongolian People in the Fight for Development on Non-Capitalist Lines|page=}}</ref><sup>:348</sup>
-== Second World War ==
-In 1945 August, Choibalsan led Mongolian troops against Japan in [[Siberia]] and [[Empire of (Great) Manchuria|Manchuria]]. In September, the Presidium of the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union|Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] awarded him the Order of Suvorov, first class.<ref name=":032" /><sup>:377–80</sup>
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