THE MONGOL STATE IS A RELIABLE ALLY OF THE USSR DURING THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR (1941–1945)
Authors:   Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, ENKHBAT O. 
Published: December 2024

The article presents the results of a scientific study of cooperation between the Mongolian People's Republic and the Soviet Union during the Second World War.
The purpose of the study is to determine and analyze the forms, methods and content of interaction between the states using the example of their cooperation and mutual support during the war.
The author defines the specifics and summarizes the processes of the historical experience of military-political cooperation between Mongolia and Russia. Examples of equal, effective and fruitful cooperation between the two states are considered, not only in peacetime, but also in extreme conditions of military operations.
The object of scientific research is cooperation between the Mongolian People's Republic and the USSR in the military-political, socio-economic and cultural-spiritual fields within the certain chronological limits. The subject of the study is the activities of state and military bodies of these countries to implement Mongolian-Russian cooperation during the war.
Research methodology: the author, based on the principles of scientific knowledge, primarily on a dialectical analysis of the evolution of the relationship between military-political cooperation between Mongolia and Russia, traced the evolution of the development of bilateral relations between Mongolia and the USSR. When it comes to the general scientific methods of research, systematic and comparative historical analysis of the chosen subject of study should be highlighted.
The main ideas and conclusions made by the author can be used both to continue scientific research in the chosen subject area, and for practical application not only in the educational process of higher educational institutions, but also to develop recommendations to government authorities and military departments carrying out international military cooperation between Mongolia and the Russian Federation; as well as in the course of planning activities aimed at ensuring peace and international security on the southern borders of the CIS and in the North-Eastern region as a whole; in the interests of increasing the defense capability of the two countries, the development and interaction of their armed forces; when writing scientific works on military-political cooperation of sovereign states.
As a result of the research, the author has analyzed a whole range of documents reflecting the political, military-diplomatic and economic cooperation of the two states during the period of time under review. In addition, the studied literature of domestic and foreign researchers made it possible, in turn, to generalize the historical experience of military-political cooperation between Mongolia and Russia, as well as to study the organization and content of cooperation between the two states using the example of mutual assistance during the Great Patriotic War and World War II wars. The author also considers the use of proven historical research methodology to be the final scientific results. The formation of international relations with the Mongolian People's Republic contributed to the development and strengthening of equal bilateral relations between sovereign states, both in order to ensure their national security and to build a multipolar world