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Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal
Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal was the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic for over three decades, as head of the ruling party from 1940 to 1954 and from 1958 to 1984, and as prime minister from 1952 to 1974 and then head of state. Closely tied to the Soviet Union, he oversaw collectivisation, industrialisation and Mongolia's admission to the United Nations in 1961. He was removed in 1984 and spent his last years in Moscow.
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