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In December 2022, Mongolians took to the streets of Ulaanbaatar en masse for over a week of protests. The immediate cause was allegations of corruption in Mongolia’s coal industry, but the demonstrations became intertwined with general concerns about Mongolia’s economy, inequality, and lack of opportunities for young people. Also at play were larger political battles playing out between the ruling and opposition parties, and within the ruling party itself. With such a dramatic end to 2022, what should we expect from Mongolian politics in 2023? In case you missed our live discussion on January 17, you can check out the recording here. Featuring Anand Tumutogoo, a Mongolia-based journalist; Bolor Lkhaajav, researcher and regular columnist for The Diplomat; and Dr. Julian Dierkes, associate professor at the University of British Columbia.

Yesterday we visited the Victims of Political Persecution Memorial Museum here in Ulaanbaatar. The museum was opened in 1996 by G. Tserendulam, only daughter of P. Genden (1892-1937), an illiterate horse thief who joined the MPRP and became Prime Minister of Mongolia in 1932. The museum is located close to the Choijin Lama Temple, in Genden’s 1930’s house, today situated between the WHO building and the white Wedding Palace. The museum displays the aggressive campaign by Joseph Stalin to eliminate ‘counter-revolutionaries’ in the 1930’s. These ‘counter-revolutionaries’ often being members of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party (MPRP) or trade unions. They were intellectuals sent to Siberia or shot. Mongolia lost many of its writers, thinkers and scientists during the 1930’s. PM P. Genden refused Stalin’s order to carry out a purge against Buddhist lama monks. At a vodka infused reception in the Mongolian Embassy in Moscow, in 1935, Genden and Stalin clashed, quite literally. Stalin kicked Genden’s walking stick. Genden answered by slapping Stalin’s face and smashing his famous pipe on the floor. Genden was subsequently kept in house arrest until 26 November 1937 when, falsely accused of being a Japanese spy, he was executed by the KGB. His family was sent back to Mongolia in a cattle car, banned from work and school, living with Tserendulam’s grandmother in her ger. They only learned about Genden’s fate in 1989, after his wife died still believing he would come home...

December 10 marked the sixth consecutive day of anti-corruption demonstrations at Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Among the many banners, slogans, and personal messages, protestors are demanding that Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai’s government unveil the hidden “coal mafia” to the public. The movement marks Mongolia’s second largest peaceful protests since 1991. The demonstrations, which began on December 5, took place despite freezing temperatures reaching -30 degrees Celsius. The youth, not losing momentum, are pressuring the prime minister and the Ministry of Justice to comply with their demands. The sentiment and the ongoing protests are an illustration of the social dissatisfaction that fuels – and exhausts – Mongolian youth today. After years of injustice, inequality, and inefficiency, the Ministry of Justice now has to answer to the public. Based on interviews with demonstrators at the Sukhbaatar Square, most were students free from political and business ties. In addition to the younger generation, however, representatives of various interest groups were also present. In another noteworthy development, the rally evolved into a mix of demographics. As the protest continued, more people showed up in support, bringing their own issues and complaints. Air pollution, high taxes, lack of job opportunities, missing coal, missing opportunities, corruption, and inequality are a few examples of the many concerns being voiced. Diplomat Brief Weekly Newsl...

In 1933–34, in what is viewed as a dress rehearsal for the repressions of 1937–1939, MPRP General Secretary The Great Repression [ ] Over the next three years, Soviet mentors in the Ministry of Internal Affairs guided Choibalsan in planning and carrying out the impending purges. Under the direction of his Soviet handler Matvey Petrovich Chopyak, What followed was a spasm of violence that lasted nearly 18 months. Choibalsan's troika approved and carried out the execution of over 18,000 counterrevolutionary lamas. Monks that were not executed were conscripted into the Mongolian armed forces or otherwise forcibly laicized End of the Great Repression [ ] Notable victims of Choibalsan's purges include (from left); prime ministers P. Genden and A. Amar, and two of the founding members of the MPRP D. Dogsom and D. Losol Racked with stress, Choibalsan spent six months (August 1938 – January 1939) recuperating and consulting with With Amar's removal, Choibalsan became Mongolia's uncontested leader, simultaneously holding the office Prime Minister, Minister for Internal Affairs, Minister of War, and Commander in Chief of the Mongolian armed forces. Secured in his position, Choibalsan brought the terror to an end in April 1939 by declaring that the excesses of the purges had been conducted by overzealous party officials while he was away in the USSR, but that he had overseen the arrests of the real criminals. Official blame for the purges fell on the deputy minister of internal affai...