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Which Mongolian leader did Stalin personally select to rise to power in the 1930s?

  • Khorloogiin Choibalsan

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Stalin personally selected Khorloogiin Choibalsan to rise to power in the 1930s as the leader of Mongolia. Choibalsan was a communist who had been educated in the Soviet Union and had served in the Red Army. He was a ruthless leader who suppressed opposition to his rule and carried out a series of purges that killed thousands of people.
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