Soliin Danzan (Mongolian: Солийн Данзан; 1885–1924) was a central figure in Mongolia's early revolutionary movement. He was a founding member of the ...SoliinDanzanFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchSoliinDanzanСолийнДанзан1stGeneralSecretaryoftheCentralCommitteeoftheMongolianPeople'sPartyInoffice3March1921 –21September1921PrecededbyPositioncreatedSucceededbyTseren-OchirynDambadorjPersonaldetailsBorn1885OuterMongolia,ChinaDiedAugust1924UlanBator,MongoliaCitizenshipPeople'sRepublicofMongoliaResidenceMongoliaKnownforCommunistrevolutionarypoliticsInthisMongolianname,thegivennameisDanzan.Soliinisapatronymic,notafamilyname.SoliinDanzan(Mongolian:СолийнДанзан;1885–1924)[1]wasacentralfigureinMongolia'searlyrevolutionarymovement.HewasafoundingmemberoftheMongolianPeople'sParty(laterrenamedtheMongolianPeople'sRevolutionaryPartyorMPRP)in1919andlaterservedaschairmanofthePartyCentralCommitteein1921.DanzanorchestratedthepurgeandexecutionofMongolia'sfirstprimeminister,DogsomynBodooin1922,butthenwashimselfpurgedandexecutedin1924.Contents1Earlylifeandrevolution2PurgeofBodoo3Politicalrivalries4References5FurtherreadingEarlylifeandrevolution[edit]DanzanwasborninTüsheetKhanProvincein1885.Asayoungmanhemadehislivingasahorsethief.LaterhewentontoworkinNiislelKhüree(presentdayUlaanbaatar)asacustomsofficialintheMinistryofFinance.In1919Danzan,DansrabilegiinDogsom,andDamdinSükhbaatartogetherestablishedtheclandestinenationalistgroupZüünKhüree(EastKhüree)afterGeneralXuShuzheng'sforcesenteredNiislelKhüreetore-assertChinesesovereignty.ZüünKhüreesubsequentlymergedwiththeKonsulynDenjgrouptoformtheMPRPin1919,makingDanzanoneofthesevenfoundersoftheMPRP.InJuly1919DanzanandKhorloogiinChoibalsantraveledtoVerkhneudinsk,thecapitalofthepro-SovietFarEasternRepublic,inthefirstpartofJulywheretheymetwithBorisShumyatsky,thenactingheadofthegovernment.ForthreeweeksShumyatskydodgedtheirdemandsforaspeedySovietdecisionwhetherornottoprovidemilitaryassistancetotheMongoliansagainsttheChinese.Dan