Khalkhin Gol — a Unifying Factor in the History of Russia and Mongolia

Abstract

The goal of the article is to define the development of the RussianMongolian collaboration in such an important sector as military that started in 1930s amidst the complication of the international situation brought about by the open aggression of the military Japan. The study is based on data from collection of documents and the materials of the Russian State Archive of SocialPolitical History. The research showed that the political and military integration was activated as a result of the marked aggravation of the international situation in the Far East at the beginning of the 1930s due to the Japanese aggression in China, the establishment of the marionette state Mandzhou-Go at the borders of Russia and Mongolia and the emergence of the direct threat to Mongolia and the Soviet territories. It was in the Mongolian steppes, in the Khalkhin-Gol battles for freedom of the Mongolian people where the becoming of the general G.K. Zhukov occurred. Under his command there was an effective interaction of Soviet-Mongolian military units that led to gaining a valuable experience in the allied forces combat.