Khorloogiin Choibalsan Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан ᠬᠣᠷᠯᠤᠠ ᠶᠢᠨᠴᠣᠢᠢᠪᠠᠯᠰᠠᠩ | |
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| Born | 1895 February 8 Bayan Tümen, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 1952 January 26 Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Nationality | Mongolian |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism |
| Political party | Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party |
Khorloogiin Choibalsan (1895 February 8 – 1952 January 26) was a Mongolian communist.
Early life
Choibalsan was born in a peasant family[1]:278 and studied in Irkutsk, Russia, where he learned about the October Revolution. He also studied at the first secular school in Mongolia.[2]
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 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 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.[1]:278–82
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A. A. Guber, et al. (1973). History of the Mongolian People's Republic: 'The Mongolian People's Revolution and the Proclamation of the Mongolian People's Republic'.
- ↑ A. A. Guber, et al. (1973). History of the Mongolian People's Republic: 'The National-Liberation Movement of the Mongolian People' (p. 260).