Mongolia: From Soviet Satellite to Democracy

Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a video in on the history of Mongolia during the period, as it had to maneuver between the USSR and China as the two split ideologically, politically and militarily, and how it transformed from a Soviet satellite to a democracy.

How did Mongolia Survive Between Stalin's USSR and Mao's China?    • How did Mongolia Survive Between Stal...  
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What Happened to the German and Japanese POWs?:    • What Happened to the German and Japan...  
Operation Paperclip:    • Operation Paperclip - COLD WAR SPECIAL  
German Expulsions:    • German Expulsions After WWII - Cold W...  
Soviet Education System:    • Soviet Education System - Cold War DO...  
How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People:    • How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People  
Novocherkassk Massacre 1962:    • Novocherkassk Massacre 1962 - Soviet ...  
Soviet Tourism:    • Soviet Tourism: How did People Get In...  
Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?:    • Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom o...  
Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Stronghold in Europe:    • Kaliningrad: How Russia Got a Strongh...  
How the Soviets Won the Early Space Race:    • How the Soviets Won the Early Space R...  
Soviet Television and Radio:    • Soviet Television and Radio - COLD WA...  
Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union:    • Top-5 Myths About the Soviet Union - ...  

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Sources:
Riccardo Mario Cucciolla, “Legitimation Through Self-Victimization: The Uzbek Cotton Affair and its Repression Narrative,” Cahiers du Monde Russe, Vol.58, No.4 (2017)
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Riccardo Mario Cucciolla, “Sharaf Rashidov and the international dimensions of Soviet Uzbekistan,” Central Asian Survey, Vol.39, No.2 (2020)
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Derek Edward Peterson, “When a Pound Weighed a Ton: The Cotton Scandal and Uzbek National Consciousness,” Ohio State University, Thesis (2013)
Neil Melvin, Uzbekistan: Transition to Authoritarianism on the Silk Road (Harwood Academic, 2000)
Lindt, Margarita, “How cotton led to the collapse of the Soviet Union,” Russia Beyond (2017), https://www.rbth.com/arts/history/201...
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Rossabi, Morris, Modern Mongolia: From Khans to Commissars to Capitalists (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005)
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