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TIL Peljidiin Genden 9th Prime Minister of Mongolia was brought to Moscow to meet Stalin and shouted "You bloody Georgian, you have become a virtual Russian Czar". Genden then reportedly slapped Stalin, broke his pipe, and hinted that Mongolia was considering an alliance with the Empire of Japan.

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