Soliin Danzan
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Soliin Danzan was a Mongolia
n revolutionary and chairman of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
(MPRP).
Danzan was working as a customs official when he founded one of the two groups that would later unite to form the MPRP in 1919, after the lower house of parliament was dissolved. He was thus one of the seven founders of the MPRP.
According to historian Shagdariin Sandag, "Danzan espoused a general hope of uniting all people of Mongolian origin into one state, and in April 1922 made a speech at a party and Youth League meeting calling for all Mongols to unite, further antagonizing the Soviets" (p. 53). Soon, "Danzan had distanced himself from Rinchino
and Soviet policy when he called for a significant reduction in the number of Soviet advisors in Mongolia" (p. 55).
On the MPRP's third congress in 1924, over which he presided, he was accused by his rivals Rinchino
(left-wing) and Dambadorj (right-wing) of being a traitor. He was arrested together with several other delegates, and put on a mock-up trial. Danzan and Bavaasan from the Revolutionary Youth league were sentenced to death and shot the day after their arrest, while the party congress was still running. According to Sandag, the execution of Danzan was a shock and served as a signal that confirmed the power of the Soviets in Mongolia.
In the following decades, Danzan's role in the early years of the MPRP was usually ignored in Mongolian sources, and he was vilified as a Japanese spy or murderer of Sükhbaatar. According to Ts. Batbayar, following their executions, "Bodoo
and Danzan were stigmatized by official historians as traitors and counter-revolutionaries and their services to the revolution have for the most part been ignored or neglected."Batbayar, Ts. The Mongolian People's Revolution on 1921 and the Mongolian People's Republic (1924-46). In Chahryar Adle, Madhavan K. Palat, Anara Tabyshalieva (Eds.). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period : from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century UNESCO, 2005, ISBN 9789231039850, p. 363 n. 1
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...
n revolutionary and chairman of the Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party
The Mongolian People's Party formerly the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party is an ex-communist political party in Mongolia. The party is abbreviated MPP in English and ' in Mongolian...
(MPRP).
Danzan was working as a customs official when he founded one of the two groups that would later unite to form the MPRP in 1919, after the lower house of parliament was dissolved. He was thus one of the seven founders of the MPRP.
According to historian Shagdariin Sandag, "Danzan espoused a general hope of uniting all people of Mongolian origin into one state, and in April 1922 made a speech at a party and Youth League meeting calling for all Mongols to unite, further antagonizing the Soviets" (p. 53). Soon, "Danzan had distanced himself from Rinchino
Elbegdorj Rinchino
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...
and Soviet policy when he called for a significant reduction in the number of Soviet advisors in Mongolia" (p. 55).
On the MPRP's third congress in 1924, over which he presided, he was accused by his rivals Rinchino
Elbegdorj Rinchino
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...
(left-wing) and Dambadorj (right-wing) of being a traitor. He was arrested together with several other delegates, and put on a mock-up trial. Danzan and Bavaasan from the Revolutionary Youth league were sentenced to death and shot the day after their arrest, while the party congress was still running. According to Sandag, the execution of Danzan was a shock and served as a signal that confirmed the power of the Soviets in Mongolia.
In the following decades, Danzan's role in the early years of the MPRP was usually ignored in Mongolian sources, and he was vilified as a Japanese spy or murderer of Sükhbaatar. According to Ts. Batbayar, following their executions, "Bodoo
Dogsomyn Bodoo
Dogsomyn Bodoo was a Prime Minister of Mongolia from 1921 to 1922. He had been a lama before becoming a clerk and a founding member of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party. He became Prime Minister of the provisional parliamentary state from April 16, 1921 to January 7, 1922...
and Danzan were stigmatized by official historians as traitors and counter-revolutionaries and their services to the revolution have for the most part been ignored or neglected."Batbayar, Ts. The Mongolian People's Revolution on 1921 and the Mongolian People's Republic (1924-46). In Chahryar Adle, Madhavan K. Palat, Anara Tabyshalieva (Eds.). History of Civilizations of Central Asia: Towards the contemporary period : from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century UNESCO, 2005, ISBN 9789231039850, p. 363 n. 1
Further reading
- Dash, D; Nymaa, A. (1990). Soliin Danzan. Ulsyn Khevleliin Gazar