13 Facts About Dogsomyn Bodoo

Dogsomyn Bodoo was a prominent early 20th century Mongolian politician who was one of the founding members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party.

Dogsomyn Bodoo was elected leader of the provisional revolutionary government and following the Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1921 became the country's first Prime Minister from July 1921 to January 1922.

Dogsomyn Bodoo was charged with treason for conspiring to overthrow the government, and was executed on August 31,1922.

Dogsomyn Bodoo obtained his elementary education at the Manjusri Monastery and then studied at the Mongolian Language and Literature School in Khuree.

Dogsomyn Bodoo later became a scribe at the Shaviyn Yaam and then a Mongolian Language teacher at the Russian-Mongolian School for Translators.

Dogsomyn Bodoo was literate in Mongolian, Tibetan, Manchu and Chinese.

Dogsomyn Bodoo became the Khuree representative of the Harbin newspaper Mongolyn Sonin Bichig and, under the pseudonym Bold or Bo, correspondent and editor of Shine Tol' and Niislel Hureeniy Sonin Bichig newspapers.

Dogsomyn Bodoo was a member of the first MPP delegation that included Choibalsan, Danzan, Losol, Chagdarjav, Dogsom, and Sukhbaatar that journeyed to Russia to establish contact with the Soviets in 1920.

Dogsomyn Bodoo was named Minister of External Affairs in the provisional government at the MPP conference held secretly in Troitskosavsk, Russia from March 1 to 3,1921.

Dogsomyn Bodoo became the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the revolutionary government following the "liberation" of Khuree from forces loyal to Roman von Ungern-Sternberg by joint Mongol and Red Army forces on July 6,1921.

Dogsomyn Bodoo signed and issued Mongolia's Declaration of Independence on September 14,1921.

Danzan, who was Minister of Finance, engineered various plots to oust the Prime Minister from office by persuading influential figures that Dogsomyn Bodoo was "short-tempered, short-sighted" and not a serious person.

On January 7,1922 Dogsomyn Bodoo resigned from all of his positions within the government, ostensibly for health reasons.