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Turning point · China in Revolution, 1911–1949
Mongolia leaves

1 Dec 1911 — As the Qing falls, Outer Mongolia declares independence under the Bogd Khan; from 1921 a Soviet-protected people’s republic. The Qing empire does not pass whole to the Republic — watch the map’s edges break away before the center even fails.
This is one scene of Chapter 1 — The Fall of the Qing in China in Revolution, 1911–1949.
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