c'mon they were sandwitch by two powerhouse communist countries
2007-02-08 16:54:49 · 4 answers · asked by Lakers 2010 Champs!!!! 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Mongolia was ruled by the Manchus, also a nomadic peoples, for 250 years. In 1911, the Mongolians declared independence, unfortunately no one accepted it. The 2 neighboring countries, China and Russia (ruled by a tsar at the time) made an agreement that stated that Mongolia was a autonomous region of China, and later, a province of China.
But a stroke of luck came in 1917 when there was a communist revolution in Russia. Thanks to them, White (non-communist/tsarist) Russians were expelled from Mongolia. And finally, Mongolia declared independence in 1921. Only Russia accepted it. So Russia (Or the Soviet Union) was the pillar of existence of Mongolia. And, being a huge and powerful nation, it quickly made the government of Mongolia communist, although the Constitution of Mongolia stated that "Mongolia will be a democratic nation, with free trade and freedom of speech".
So it was due to the Power of Russia that Mongolia became Communist, and China wasnt exacly involved.
2007-02-11 21:21:50 · answer #1 · answered by Mongolian Warrior 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, as history goes, the Mongolians were dominated by the chinese for close to 250 (might be 500) years, up until about 1920. With the help of the Russians, they were able to expel the Chinese. But of course, Russia being more powerful and seeing and opportunity to expand their presence in the region installed a puppet governemnt in Mongolia. Mongolia wasn't a part of the USSR but was one of the most obedient and prosperous sattelite states controlled by Russia. The Chinese weren't communist when they occupied Mongolia, maybe right at the end. But it was because of the Mongolian's cooperation with Russian in expelling the Chinese that led to them having a communist government. At the present, they are actually lucky to be situated between the two. If either Russian or China ever decides to invade Mongolia, the other country would be obliged to come to Mongolia's aide, and both Russian and China know that they don't ever want to tangle.
2007-02-10 18:07:34 · answer #2 · answered by Gobi K 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, they didn't have much choice. But does communism mean anything in a non-urbanized pre-industrial society? For most of the people life goes on pretty much as it always has. It's not as if illiterate yak herders are much on dialectics.
2007-02-09 02:51:05 · answer #3 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That may very well be true but then again it is always the choice of the people
2007-02-09 01:03:30 · answer #4 · answered by max power 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋