Stalinist repressions in Mongolia

1937–1939 purges in Mongolia Great RepressionИх ХэлмэгдүүлэлтPart of the Great PurgeRemains of victims found in April 2003LocationMongolian People's RepublicDateMain phase:September 1937 – April 1939(1 year, 6 months)Target Buddhist clergy, aristocrats Intelligentsia Political dissidents Ethnic Buryats and Kazakhs Attack typeSummary executions, Massacres, Mass murder, Ethnic cleansingDeaths20,000–35,000Perpetrators Khorloogiin Choibalsan NKVD Deputy Mikhail Frinovsky Extraordinary Purge Commission Dorjjavyn Luvsansharav Minister of Justice G.Tserendorj Head of the Internal Affairs Committee D. Namsrai Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nasantogtokh, Bayasgalan, Dashtseveg, and others Motive Elimination of political opponents Consolidation of power Anti-Buddhist sentiment Part of a series on theHistory of Mongolia Prehistoric period Afanasievo culture 3300–2500 BC Chemurchek culture 2750–1900 BC Munkhkhairkhan culture 1800–1600 BC Sagsai culture 1500–1000 BC Ulaanzuukh culture 1450–1150 BC Deer stones culture 1400–700 BC Slab-grave culture 1100–300 BC Chandman culture 700–300 BC Pazyryk culture 600–300 BC Ancient period Xiongnu 209 BC–93 AD