22 Facts About Balingiin Tserendorj

Balingiin Tserendorj titles Khicheengui Said ; Khicheengui Gun, was a prominent Mongolian political figure of the early 20th century who served as the first Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Mongolia from 1924 until his death in 1928.

Balingiin Tserendorj spoke Mongolian, Manchu, Chinese and Russian and worked as a scribe and translator in the local Manchu litigation office from 1885 to 1911.

In October 1912, Balingiin Tserendorj was one of three men appointed to write a final draft for a Russo-Mongolian Friendship Agreement, signed in Urga on October 21,1912.

Balingiin Tserendorj was awarded the Order of Saint Stanislaus.

From 1914 to 1915, Balingiin Tserendorj accompanied Prime Minister Togs-Ochiryn Namnansuren as part of the Mongolian delegation to the 8-month long Kyakhta treaty conference between Czarist Russia and the Republic of China that sought to clarify, among other things, the Russian-Chinese border in East Asia and Mongolia's geopolitical status.

Balingiin Tserendorj maintained his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs after the occupation of Niislel Khuree by troops under the Chinese warlord Xu Shuzheng in late 1919.

Balingiin Tserendorj continued to work within the government even after forces commanded by "The Mad Baron" Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ejected a Chinese occupation in February 1921.

Balingiin Tserendorj made up part of his short-lived puppet government that lasted until July 11,1921 when Mongolian partisans and Red Army units defeated Ungern's forces and recaptured the Mongolian capital.

Balingiin Tserendorj was named Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the newly proclaimed revolutionary government headed by Prime Minister Dogsomyn Bodoo.

In 1921, a group of high-ranking Mongolians that included Damdin Sukhbaatar and Balingiin Tserendorj traveled to the Soviet Union to initiate Soviet-Mongolia friendship talks.

Balingiin Tserendorj was for the last twenty years of his life the ruling spirit of North Mongolia.

Balingiin Tserendorj's character was so without blemish that he was asked to serve through all the political changes that have taken place in the Mongolian Government.

Balingiin Tserendorj was an intelligent conversationalist on many matters, and well read in the customs and the habits of other peoples and other countries.

Balingiin Tserendorj was one of the great men of the world.

From 1922 to 1923 Balingiin Tserendorj served as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Balingiin Tserendorj was appointed prime minister upon the death of Sodnomyn Damdinbazar on September 18,1923 and was elected to the Presidium of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee.

From 1926 to 1928, as Moscow tightened its control over the Mongolian political process, Balingiin Tserendorj was pressured to include Russians in high-ranking positions within his government.

Balingiin Tserendorj hoped to see Mongolia become a neutral state, akin to an Asian Switzerland.

Balingiin Tserendorj believed these policies conflicted with the country's nomadic culture and Buddhist traditions.

Balingiin Tserendorj became increasing uncomfortable with Comintern efforts to "divide and control" the MPRP by supporting the radicalized Mongolian Revolutionary Youth League and promoting younger, more hard-line party members, particularly from rural areas, to challenge the authority of the "old guard" leadership whom the Soviets suspected were overly conservative.

Weary of the Comintern's growing influence and activities, Balingiin Tserendorj attempted to resign his position in 1927 saying he was too "old and sick" to continue.

Balingiin Tserendorj's health continued to decline and he died on February 13,1928.