Peldschidiin Genden

Peldschidiin Genden

Peldschidiin Genden ( Mongolian Пэлжидийн Гэндэн ; * 1892 ; † November 26, 1937 in Moscow ) was President and Prime Minister of the Mongolian People's Republic .

Life

His term of office as President (Chairman of the Little State Chural) lasted from November 29, 1924 to November 15, 1927. He was appointed Prime Minister (Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars) on July 2, 1932, after his predecessor had been murdered .

Genden was a moderate communist and thus came into conflict with the Soviet Union . He tried to prevent the elimination of the Buddhist monks in Mongolia and opposed the stationing of Soviet troops in Mongolia. During a meeting with Stalin in 1935, Genden described the USSR's attitude towards Mongolia as "red imperialism".

Together with Choibalsan, Stalin organized a plenary assembly of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party in Ulan Bator , which ousted him on March 2, 1936. He then received house arrest and was later deported to the Crimea . Peldschidiin Genden was shot dead in Moscow on November 26, 1937 under the pretext of spying for the Japanese Empire . He was then considered "non-person", the mention of his name was made a punishable offense. Genden was not rehabilitated until 1990.

In 1998 his daughter Tserendulam opened the “Museum for the Memory of the Victims of Political Persecution” in his house. The other victims of the political murders , which are estimated to have affected up to 14% of the population , are also remembered there.

predecessor	Office	successor
Nawaandordschiin Jadambaa	President of Mongolia November 29, 1924–15. November 1927	Jamtsangiin Damdinsüren
Tsengeltiin Djigjiddschaw	Prime Minister of Mongolia July 2, 1932–2. March 1936	Anandyn Amar

Mongolian name: As is customary in Mongolia, in this article the patronymic is in the genitive case before the proper name. Thus Peldschid is the patronymic, Genden the proper name. The person is addressed with their proper name.