Principal Figures
General Dmitri Horvath
Retired Imperial Army engineer, Administrator of the Chinese Eastern Railway since 1902. A wily politician and quick-thinking technocrat, he survived the Civil War and became a consultant to Asian railways.
Retired Imperial Army engineer, Administrator of the Chinese Eastern Railway since 1902. A wily politician and quick-thinking technocrat, he survived the Civil War and became a consultant to Asian railways.
Masha Sharaban
Ataman Semenov's mistress, beautiful Jewish cabaret singer, escorted gold to Japan and the corpse of a saint to the Holy Land. Survived the Civil War and married an Egyptian general.
Ataman Semenov's mistress, beautiful Jewish cabaret singer, escorted gold to Japan and the corpse of a saint to the Holy Land. Survived the Civil War and married an Egyptian general.
General Kreshchatitskii
The first general officer to cast his lot with Ataman Semenov, loyal until the Red victory. Became a respected officer of the French Foreign Legion in Syria.
The first general officer to cast his lot with Ataman Semenov, loyal until the Red victory. Became a respected officer of the French Foreign Legion in Syria.
Sando, Amban of Urga
An old Qing amban (Chinese colonial administrator) who was handed control of Urga (present-day Ulan Bator, Mongolia) in September 1920. For a short time Peking felt cocky, having regained control over Mongolia while retaliating against Russia for 20 years of indignities. Sando, an "utterly incapable" Chahar, lost control over unruly Chinese occupation troops in Mongolia, just as Baron Ungern-Shternberg's army of the dispossessed and desperate formed in the wastelands.
An old Qing amban (Chinese colonial administrator) who was handed control of Urga (present-day Ulan Bator, Mongolia) in September 1920. For a short time Peking felt cocky, having regained control over Mongolia while retaliating against Russia for 20 years of indignities. Sando, an "utterly incapable" Chahar, lost control over unruly Chinese occupation troops in Mongolia, just as Baron Ungern-Shternberg's army of the dispossessed and desperate formed in the wastelands.
Sukhe Bator, Red Liberator of Urga
Commander of the Mongolian Red Army (5th standing from left) who in February 1921 began a campaign with generous Bolshevik assistance and guidance to eradicate Ungern-Shternberg and the Whites from Mongolia. Began military career in the elite machine-gun company of the army of newly independent Mongolia in 1912.
Commander of the Mongolian Red Army (5th standing from left) who in February 1921 began a campaign with generous Bolshevik assistance and guidance to eradicate Ungern-Shternberg and the Whites from Mongolia. Began military career in the elite machine-gun company of the army of newly independent Mongolia in 1912.
Choibalsan, Stalin's Mongolian Protégé
Khorloogin Choibalsan started one of Mongolia's revolutionary political groups, was appointed commissar of Sukhe Bator's Mongolian Red Army in February 1921, violently purged the ranks of revolutionaries of all who opposed the Reds, led nationwide campaigns against religion and instilled Soviet communism into Mongolian life.
Khorloogin Choibalsan started one of Mongolia's revolutionary political groups, was appointed commissar of Sukhe Bator's Mongolian Red Army in February 1921, violently purged the ranks of revolutionaries of all who opposed the Reds, led nationwide campaigns against religion and instilled Soviet communism into Mongolian life.