Ulaanbaatar
Wreaths laid at D.Sukhbaatar’s statue on his 123th birthday
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Leaders and members of Mongolian People’s Party (MPP) laid wreaths to the statue of General Sukhbaatar Damdin and paid tribute to Chingis Khaan’s statue. The 123th birth anniversary falls on February 2
D.Sukhbaatar, the commander of Mongolian army during the People’s Revolution of 1921 mastered soldiership from the age of 19, was appointed the General of Mongolian Army in 1921, and led revolutionary operations on liberating Kyakhta. He was also one of the founders of the first political party of Mongolia–The Mongolian People’s Party.
Honoring his contribution to Mongolia’s independence, a central square of Ulaanbaatar had been named after him until it was changed to Chingis Square in 2013.
D.Sukhbaatar served in the army in 1912-1918, and started working in law and history publishing authority in 1918, when he joined Secret Society of Khuree (then name of capital city of Mongolia). When Chinese Kuomintang army dismissed Mongolia’s national army in 1920, D.Sukhbaatar began to take active part in the political works of the secret society.
He was one of the first seven delegates who asked for Soviet Union’s assistance, led the Army recruit which started February of 1921, and founded the General Headquarters of People’s Militia. D.Sukhbaatar was appointed the commander in chief and minister of military. He served as the army commander from 1921 until he passed away in 1923.
A title “Brave Hero of Mongolian People” was given him in September of 1922, the same year he was awarded Red Banner Order of the USSR.
He passed away at sunrise of Febraury 20 of 1923.
