?–1934
Died in Moscow; suspected poisoning unconfirmed
MPRP leader who joined the Danzan purge and was later expelled as a rightist
At the third party congress in 1924 he joined Rinchingiin Elbegdorj in denouncing Soliin Danzan as a representative of bourgeois interests, leading to his arrest and execution; afterwards he led the party's right wing in policies modelled on the New Economic Policy.
A Mongolian revolutionary and journalist, he was elected to the Mongolian People's Party Central Committee at its first congress in 1921, served as its secretary and deputy chairman, and headed its presidium as chairman from 1923 to 1928. At the third party congress in 1924 he joined the leftist Rinchingiin Elbegdorj in denouncing the moderate Soliin Danzan as a representative of bourgeois interests, leading to Danzan's arrest and execution; he then led the party's right wing in policies modelled on Lenin's New Economic Policy. Expelled as a 'rightist' at the seventh party congress in 1928, he was posted to Moscow as a trade representative at the Mongolian embassy and died there in June 1934. He was also the first editor of the newspapers Ardyn Erkh and Ünen and of the journal Mongol Ardyn Nam, and a translator of Engels.
Also known as: Tseren-Ochiryn Dambadorj
Activities and affiliations
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1921–1928
Mongolian People's Party / Mongolian People's Revolutionary PartyChairman of the Central CommitteeMain
Political and party leadership
Career Timeline
- 1918–1920Telegraph and railway communications worker in Niislel Khüree and Khiagt
- 1920Joined the patriots' movement from autumn
- 1921Elected to the Central Committee at the 1st congress and served in the provisional government's Foreign Relations Department; acting Central Committee chairman in March
- 1921Plenipotentiary representative to the western frontier, fighting the Whites and helping found the Western Frontier Government and People's Party committee
- 1921–1923Central Committee secretary; vice chairman January–March 1922, chairman 15 March 1922 – 12 January 1923
- 1924–1928Central Committee presidium member and chairman (31 August 1924 – 27 October 1928)
- 1928–1929Trade representative at the Mongolian embassy in the USSR; studied at the Moscow Higher School of National Economy 1929–1932
Related historical events
Revolutionary work on the western frontier, journalism, and translation
In 1921, Dambadorj was sent to the western frontier as a representative of the provisional government. With support from the two Dörvöd aimags, the Hovd authorities, and local leaders, he helped establish a western frontier government and a People's Party committee and recruit troops. Alongside Ts. Khasbaatar and K. K. Baikalov, he led the campaign to drive out White forces. The Mongolian historical dictionary describes him as a participant in the 1921 revolution.
Alongside political work, Dambadorj pursued journalism and writing. He was the first editor of the newspapers Ardyn Erkh and Ünen and the journal Mongol Ardyn Nam. He helped prepare Mongolian People's Party documents and documents of the Comintern and the Soviet Communist Party, and translated Engels's The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State from Russian. He published works including Tolbo Nuur and more than twenty articles on the 1921 revolution and social, political, economic, religious, educational, and cultural questions. Tolbo Nuur received a special award from the Institute of Sutras and Scripts.