1938-01-01

Destruction of Mongolian monasteries

Монгол хийдDestruction of Mongolian monasteries is a political violence record around Монгол хийд, situated in the prewar phase when Soviet-Mongolian security cooperation and Manchukuo border tension accumulated. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics around Mongolia and the Sino-Soviet borderlands.

Other events in this phase

Mongolian Borderlands and the Wider War112
  1. Aftermath of the Genden purge
  2. Mengjiang banking and currency zone
  3. Mongolian armored training
  4. Destruction of Mongolian monasteriesCurrent record
  5. Party and state purges in Mongolia
  6. Mongolian military command purges
  7. Monastery purges intensify in Mongolia
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Wartime Position

the prewar phase when Soviet-Mongolian security cooperation and Manchukuo border tension accumulated

Destruction of Mongolian monasteries is a political violence record around Монгол хийд, situated in the prewar phase when Soviet-Mongolian security cooperation and Manchukuo border tension accumulated. It belongs to the wider reshaping of military politics around Mongolia and the Sino-Soviet borderlands.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around Монгол хийд clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Purge victims memorial in Ulaanbaatar and Wikimedia Commons · Purge victims memorial in Ulaanbaatar provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Purge victims memorial in UlaanbaatarVisual recordPurge victims memorial in UlaanbaatarA photograph of the Ulaanbaatar purge victims memorial, anchoring the destruction of monasteries and persecution of lamas in 1930s Mongolia. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Destruction of Mongolian monasteries.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Purge victims memorial in UlaanbaatarOpen source