"Ikh Khelmegduulelt" - "Great repressions" towards Buryat emigrants
The article studies the special period of the Mongolian history «Ikh Khelmegduulelt» - «Great Represstions» that covers the 1920-1950s. The article also discussed the policy of the Soviet and the Mongolian states towards the Buryat immigrants living in that period in the Mongolian People's Republic. As a result of intensive emigration in the early XX century a large Buryat community was formed in Mongolia. Soviet authorities declared the runaway Buryats as “counter-revolutionaries”, “whites”, a «persecution» of Buryats was launched by the NKVD. The author states the reasons for the persecution of this social group, characterizes the nature of the persecution. The measures are described in detail against the students of the Mongolian Working Faculty in Verkhneudinsk (Ulan-Ude), who were also Buryat emigrants. The main results of the mass repressions towards the Buryat community in Mongolia are highlighted.