Choibalsan

Japanese: チョイバルサン

Mongolian revolutionary and politician. Born to a poor nomadic family. He was sent to a lamamonastery at a young age, but in 1912 he went to Urga (Ulaanbaatar) and then to Irkutsk to study, where he encountered the Russian Revolution and was strongly influenced by it. In 1919 he joined the national liberation movement, helped found the Mongolian People's Party in 1920, and played a leading role in the 1921 Mongolian Revolution. He held key positions in the military, the People's Revolutionary Party, and the government, and promoted pro-Soviet socialism. It is said that Stalin actively supported Mongolianism as a satellite state defending the Soviet Union from the threat of Japanese imperialism due to its geographical location. In 1939 he became prime minister and served in that position until his death. He led the 1939 Khalkhin Gol War (Nomonhan Incident) and the country's entry into the war against Japan in 1945, and strengthened his personality cult and dictatorial tendencies, earning him the nickname "Mongolian Stalin," but was criticized after his death.
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Choibalsan

A city in eastern Mongolia. Formerly known as San Beyse. After the revolution, it was the political, economic and cultural center of the eastern region, and a railway line to Siberia runs through it. The surrounding area is famous for the breeding of San Beyse horses. The city's name comes from the prime minister, Choibalsan. Population: about 40,000.
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Japanese:

モンゴルの革命家，政治家。貧しい遊牧民の子に生まれる。幼時，ラマ僧院に入れられるが，1912年ウルガ（ウランバートル），さらにイルクーツクに出て勉学，そこでロシア革命に出会い，強く影響される。1919年民族解放運動に加わり，1920年モンゴル人民党の結成に参加，1921年のモンゴル革命で指導的役割を果たす。軍・人民革命党・政府の要職を占め，親ソ連の社会主義化を推進，地理的位置からも日本帝国主義の脅威からソ連を防衛する衛星国としてスターリンの積極的な後押しがあったといわれ，1939年には首相に就任して没年までその地位にあった。1939年のハルハ川戦争（ノモンハン事件），1945年の対日参戦を指揮，個人崇拝と独裁的傾向を強め〈モンゴルのスターリン〉と呼ばれたが，死後批判された。
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