Mongolian Revolution of 1921

Mongolian Revolution of 1921
Part of the Revolutions of 1917–1923 and the Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War

Back row from left: ?, ?, Rinchingiin Elbegdorj, Soliin Danzan, Damdin Sükhbaatar, Ajvaagiin Danzan, Boris Shumyatsky, ?, Dogsomyn Bodoo
Date1 March – 11 July 1921
(4 months, 1 week and 3 days)
Location
Result

Mongolian communist victory

Belligerents
Mongolian People's Party
Supported by:
Red Army
Mongolia
Supported by:
Russian Whites

 China

Supported by:
Japan[1][2]
Commanders and leaders
D. Sükhbaatar
K. Choibalsan
D. Bodoo
D. Dogsom
D. Losol
S. Danzan
A. Danzan
R. Elbegdorj
V. Blyukher
Bogd Khan
Baron Ungern
Duan Qirui
Xu Shuzheng
Casualties and losses
1,000 killed (including during the Occupation of Mongolia)[3]

The Mongolian Revolution of 1921[a] was a military and political event by which Mongolian revolutionaries, with the assistance of the Soviet Red Army, expelled Russian White Guards from the country, and founded the Mongolian People's Republic in 1924. Although nominally independent, the Mongolian People's Republic was a satellite state of the Soviet Union until the third Mongolian revolution in January 1990. The revolution also ended the Chinese Beiyang government's occupation of Mongolia, which had begun in 1919.

  1. ^ Spence, The Search for Modern China, p. 329
  2. ^ Major, John S. (1990). The land and people of Mongolia. Harper and Row. p. 119. ISBN 0-397-32386-7. in 1919, a Japanese influenced faction in the Chinese government mounted an invasion of Outer Mongolia and forced its leaders to sign a "request" to be taken over by the government of China. Japan's aim was to protect its own economic, political, and military interests in North China be keeping the Russian Revolution from influencing Mongolia.
  3. ^ "China-Mongolia (1911–1946)". University of Central Arkansas Department of Political Science. University of Central Arkansas. Retrieved May 3, 2024.


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