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TIL The Mongolian People's Republic also had a Great Purge concurrent with the purges carried out by Stalin from 1937-1939. It’s estimated that between 20,000 and 35,000 "enemies of the revolution" were executed, a figure representing three to five percent of Mongolia's total population at the time.

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