What is Mongolian Revolution of 1911?
The '''Outer Mongolian Revolution of 1911''' happened when [[Outer Mongolia]] did not want to be part of the [[Qing dynasty]] anymore. They wanted to govern themselves. It happened at the same time as the [[Xinhai Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sarr.emory.edu/MongoliaConference/BatsaikhanSummary.pdf |title=Mongolia's National Revolution of 1911 and the last emperor of Mongolia – VIII Bogdo Jetsundamba Khutukhtu |access-date=2019-07-22 |archive-date=2021-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213112010/http://sarr.emory.edu/MongoliaConference/BatsaikhanSummary.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Outer Mongolia is now the modern country of [[Mongolia]]. It is different from [[Inner Mongolia]], which is in [[China]]. == Why did it happen? == [[File:Qing_Dynasty_Mongolia_map_1911.svg|thumb|Outer Mongolia in 1911.]] Mongolia used to be part of the [[Qing dynasty]]. But by the 20th century Mongolia was poor. Because of the [[Taiping Rebellion]] (1850–1864) many other people were poor. The Qing was running out of money.<ref>Sh. Natsagdorj, Manjiin erkhsheeld baisan üyeiin Khalkhyn khurangui tüükh (1691–1911) [The history of Khalka under the Manchus], (Ulan Bator, 1963, p. 173.</ref> The Qing also moved many of the Mongols' animals to the rest of China to feed others. This made Mongols upset.<ref>A.P. Bennigsen, while traveling through Mongolia in 1909 to 1911, was told by Mongolians that their herds had decreased ten-fold during the past decade. Neskol'ko dannykh o sovremmenoi Mongolii [Some information on modern Mongolia], (St. Petersburg, 1912), p. 57. This is supported by the archives of the ecclesiastical administration of the Jebzundamba Hutuhtu (''Ikh Shav'''), which recorded a decline in the number of livestock from a million in 1861 to around 12,000 in 1909. D. Tsedev, Ikh shav' [Ecclesiastical administration], (Ulan Bator, 1964), p. 91.</ref> [[Manchu|Manchus]] people created the Qing dynasty. They were not [[Han Chinese]]. But they eventually became Chinese themselves. They failed to ke