In 1915 the Sino-Russo-Mongolian tripartite agreement established Mongol autonomy under Chinese suzerainty, but the régime was short-lived, and in 1921 Urga, the capital, was occupied by Soviet troops ...

Mongolia was the first country outside of Russia to turn communist. BBC Presenter, Lucy Hedges meets a local historian who tells her what the capital Ulaanbaatar would have looked like 100 years ...

It marks both the 85th anniversary of the Battle of Khalkhin Gol – in which joint Soviet-Mongolian forces defeated Japanese troops in World War II – and the founding of Mongolia’s national ...

“Comrade Amor has been elected President of the Soviet Republic of Mongolia in succession to the late President Zeren-Dorochi whose assistant he was.” Observers recalled that the great Soviet ...

A combination of the Japanese and former Manchurian armies fought against the enemy made up of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. Japan suffered a devastating defeat at Nomonhan. What appeared ...