Outer Mongolia has been part of our country since ancient times, and even in the Han and Tang dynasties, the ethnic minorities in this region at that time eventually submitted to China. In the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, it was directly incorporated and became an inseparable part of the territory. However, in modern times, the Outer Mongolia region has been continuously encroached upon, and now it has basically become independent. But there have also been huge changes, and many people do not understand why Outer Mongolia originally had 1.8 million square kilometers, but now there are only more than 1.5 million left. You might not think of it.
During the Qing Dynasty, there was a division of Outer Mongolia, and the need for Mongol rule at that time divided Mongolia into Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia. Outer Mongolia refers to the Mongolian flags with hereditary Zasak as the banner, which are mainly divided into Neizhasak Mongolia and Outer Zasak Mongolia. From the perspective of blood, Inner Mongolia is the orthodoxy of Mongolia, and it is deeply influenced by Chinese culture, so it is connected with the motherland. Outer Mongolia, on the other hand, was a distant branch of the Mongols, or a Mongolized people.
According to the division of territory during the Qing Dynasty, the Outer Mongolia region was a total of 1.8 million square kilometers, which was the largest piece of qing territory at that time. But we know that Mongolia today is only 1.56 million square kilometers, which is a big piece less. So many people don't understand, Outer Mongolia originally had 1.8 million square kilometers, why is there only more than 1.5 million left now? You may not think, but there are actually two main points.
First, the Tangnu Urian Sea.
During the Qing Dynasty, the Outer Mongolia region included the Tangnu Wuliang Sea, which was 170,000 square kilometers and was the size of 5 Taiwan provinces. However, in modern times, Tsarist Russia saw that the Tuva region was rich in resources and strategically important, so it directly annexed it and now became the Tuva Republic of Russia.
Second, the cession of territory.
In addition, under the control of the modern Soviet Union, when the borders of Central Asia and Mongolia were demarcated, at least more than 80,000 square kilometers of land in the western, northern, and eastern regions were divided into Central Asia and the Russian Far East, and Siberia, which are basically now Russian.
So in fact, the independence of Outer Mongolia is actually a territory that has been encroached upon, directly encroaching on nearly 300,000 square kilometers, leaving Mongolia with only 1.56 million square kilometers of land left. From the perspective of the future, it will be difficult to recover these lost lands, because basically the land and demographic structure have changed, and it is difficult to identify with our country now. In modern times, because of our weakness, our country has lost too much land. What do you readers think about this? Welcome to leave a message and discuss with the editor!
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Reference: Modern and Contemporary World History.