Caught between states

Urjin Garmaev and the conflicting loyalties of trans-border Buryats

Bibliographic Data

ID2156455
AuthorsSayana Namsaraeva (0000-0003-4670-9448, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume28
Issue4
Pages406-428
Publication date2017-08-08
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHistory and Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0275-7206 • E-ISSN: 1477-2612
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02757206.2017.1351357
OpenAlexW2734801699
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

Following the personal history of one individual, this chapter aims to highlight the fears, hopes and considerations of trans-border Buryat–Mongols ‘caught between States’ during the ideological, political and territorial splits of the 1920–1940s in North Asia. Through discussion of the life of General Urjin Garmaev and his changing loyalties I show how investigating loyalty introduces a new framework for understanding the relationship between emigrant groups and the political interactions of the Soviet Union, Mongolian People’s Republic and Manchukuo. Rival states manipulated frontier populations and used their intense cross-border kinship ties for military tactics and spying. This culminated dramatically in 1939 when Buryat soldiers (all from one small area) found themselves fighting against each other in three different armies at the battle of Khalkhin Gol / Nomonhan

Ancient history · Battle · China · Espionage · Frontier · Ideology · Kinship · Loyalty · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Soviet union · State (computer science · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Soviet and Russian History · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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