A short study of the 8<sup>th</sup> Jebtsundamba Khutuktu’s diplomatic correspondence dispatched to the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The article is devoted to the question of the attempts of the 1911-1921 Mongolian Government to establish diplomatic relations with Great Britain. The paper addresses both the official attempts made either by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the members of diplomatic missions, and the more private endeavors made by individual nobles. It investigates those efforts in the context of global politics, particularly the Russo-Sino-British relations. It offers an insight in the attitude of the British Government towards these issues and analyses their results.