Elbegdorj Rinchino
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Elbegdorj Rinchino was a Buryat revolutionary and, during the 1920s, a Comintern
representative in Mongolia
.
After working for a newspaper in Troitskosavsk, he traveled through Mongolia. He moved to Irkutsk
in 1920. He traveled to Moscow
as an interpreter in the delegation of Soliin Danzan
, where he met Russian communist leader Nikolay Bukharin.
Elbegdorj was appointed head of the Mongolian army training and education department in 1921. He was elected to the MPRP Central Committee in 1923. Following a 1925 speech where he spoke on alleged pan-Mongolian topics perceived to be contrary to communist policy, his party membership was not renewed and he was expelled from Mongolia. He then moved to Moscow and taught at Communist University of the Toilers of the East
. He was sentenced to death in one of the 1930s purges in Moscow.
Comintern
The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern, also known as the Third International, was an international communist organization initiated in Moscow during March 1919...
representative in Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East and Central Asia. It is bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south, east and west. Although Mongolia does not share a border with Kazakhstan, its western-most point is only from Kazakhstan's eastern tip. Ulan Bator, the capital and largest...
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After working for a newspaper in Troitskosavsk, he traveled through Mongolia. He moved to Irkutsk
Irkutsk
Irkutsk is a city and the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, one of the largest cities in Siberia. Population: .-History:In 1652, Ivan Pokhabov built a zimovye near the site of Irkutsk for gold trading and for the collection of fur taxes from the Buryats. In 1661, Yakov Pokhabov...
in 1920. He traveled to Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
as an interpreter in the delegation of Soliin Danzan
Soliin Danzan
Soliin Danzan was a Mongolian revolutionary and chairman of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party ....
, where he met Russian communist leader Nikolay Bukharin.
Elbegdorj was appointed head of the Mongolian army training and education department in 1921. He was elected to the MPRP Central Committee in 1923. Following a 1925 speech where he spoke on alleged pan-Mongolian topics perceived to be contrary to communist policy, his party membership was not renewed and he was expelled from Mongolia. He then moved to Moscow and taught at Communist University of the Toilers of the East
Communist University of the Toilers of the East
The Communist University of the Toilers of the East or KUTV was established April 21, 1921, in Moscow by the Communist International as a training college for communist cadres in the colonial world. The school officially opened on October 21, 1921...
. He was sentenced to death in one of the 1930s purges in Moscow.