Mongolia: Damdin Sukhbaatar (1893-1923) military leader, nationalist and revolutionary, with his wife, Sukhbaataryn Yanjmaa, at Urga (Ulan Bataar), 1919.

Damdin Sukhbaatar (February 2, 1893 - February 20, 1923) was a Mongolian military leader in the 1921 revolution. He is remembered as one of the most important figures in Mongolia's struggle for independence. Sukhbaataryn Yanjmaa (1893 - 1963) served on the politburo of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party from 1940 until 1954, and was Secretary of the party's Central Committee from 1941 until 1947. She was a member of the Presidium of the Little Khural (the executive committee of the State Great Khural, or Parliament) from 1940 to 1950, and of the Great Khural from 1950 to 1962. Following the death of Gonchigiin Bumtsend, she served as acting President of Mongolia for the transitional period, lasting from 23 September 1953 until 7 July 1954.

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