12 Facts About Darizavyn Losol

Darizavyn Losol was a revolutionary leader and post-Revolution governmental figure in Mongolia until he was purged in 1939.

Darizavyn Losol entered a local monastery at age nine and then moved to Khuree three years later to pursue his education at Gandan Monastery.

Darizavyn Losol joined the army of Autonomous Mongolia in 1911 after the country had formally declared its independence from Chinese rule and took part in battles against Chinese forces on the south-east border in 1913.

Darizavyn Losol was one of seven MPP delegates sent to the USSR to establish contact with the Soviets and seek assistance with their independence struggle against Chinese rule.

At the first MPP Congress, held secretly from March 1 to 3,1921 in Troitskosavsk, Darizavyn Losol was elected one of the three members of the Central Committee and was later appointed a member of the MPP Central Committee's Presidium and Minister of Finance in the provisional government.

Darizavyn Losol was Chairman and then president of the Party Central Control Commission from 1925 to 1939.

Darizavyn Losol was a member of the board of the State Bank and member of the control commission of the Cooperatives Association from 1928 to 1937.

Darizavyn Losol was instead flown to Moscow where he was arrested and confined at Butyrki Prison.

Darizavyn Losol was stripped of his party membership and languished in prison for over a year until he died on July 25,1940, before his case was brought to trial.

Darizavyn Losol is buried at Kommunarka shooting ground near Butovo.

In 1956 the Soviet Procurator General ruled Darizavyn Losol had no case to answer.

In 1962 Darizavyn Losol was officially rehabilitated and his party membership was restored 1989.