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  • Khorloogiin Choibalsan
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  • Khoorloogiin Choybalsan (Mongolian, Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан) (February 8, 1895 – January 26, 1952) was the Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic and Marshal of the Mongolian armed forces from the 1930s until his death in 1952. He achieved the office with the assistance of the NKVD, acting on the orders of Joseph Stalin, who had decided that Choibalsan would be a more pliable ruler of the Soviet puppet state than more nationalistic members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. In this he generally proved correct, as Choibalsan did not attempt to navigate an independent foreign policy but rather put his country at Stalin's disposal in matters of international relations. He also emulated Stalin's domestic policies, cultivating a totalitarian political culture and promoting
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type of appearance
  • Contemporary reference
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Appearance
  • Hitler's War
Spouse
  • B. Gündegmaa
  • Borotologai
Name
  • Khorloogiin Choibalsan
Title
  • President of Mongolia
  • Prime Minister of Mongolia
Cause of Death
  • Natural causes
Before
  • Anandyn Amar
  • Jamtsangiyn Damdinsüren
Religion
  • Tibetan Buddhist, later none
Years
  • 1929
  • 1939
After
  • Losolyn Laagan
  • Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Affiliations
  • Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Occupation
  • Dictator
Death
  • 1952
Birth
  • 1895
Nationality
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  • Khoorloogiin Choybalsan (Mongolian, Хорлоогийн Чойбалсан) (February 8, 1895 – January 26, 1952) was the Communist leader of the Mongolian People's Republic and Marshal of the Mongolian armed forces from the 1930s until his death in 1952. He achieved the office with the assistance of the NKVD, acting on the orders of Joseph Stalin, who had decided that Choibalsan would be a more pliable ruler of the Soviet puppet state than more nationalistic members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. In this he generally proved correct, as Choibalsan did not attempt to navigate an independent foreign policy but rather put his country at Stalin's disposal in matters of international relations. He also emulated Stalin's domestic policies, cultivating a totalitarian political culture and promoting a cult of personality with himself as head. After World War II, Choibalsan grew increasingly disenchanted with Stalin, as it became clear that Stalin would not back Choibalsan's dream of completely unifying Mongolia. Choibalsan went to Moscow in late 1951 to receive treatment for kidney cancer, and died the following January. Initially, Stalin blamed the so-called "Doctors' Plot", but after his own death, and the revelation that the "Doctors' Plot" was designed to begin a new round of purges, many have speculated that Stalin himself was responsible for Choibalsan's death.