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TIL about Daramyn Tömör-Ochir a member of Mongolia's Communist regime. An advocate for joining the Soviet Union, he attacked nationalists. In 1962, after celebrating Genghis Khan's 800th birthday, he was exiled for being a nationalist. In 1985, after a change in leadership, he was axed to death.

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