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1318: Mikhail of Tver
On this date in 1318, the Russian knyaz Mikhail of Tver was executed at the command of the Mongols. Mikhail was the nephew of legendary prince and allegory Alexander Nevsky. Not directly...
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1937: Peljidiin Genden, former Mongolia Prime Minister
On earth there are two great geniuses – Buddha and Lenin. -Peljidiin Genden On this date in 1937, purged former Mongolia Prime Minister Peljidiin Genden was shot in Moscow. Genden was in the thick of...
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2011: Li Lindong, truck driver
(Thanks to Meaghan Good of the Charley Project for the guest post. -ed.) A year ago today, coal truck driver Li Lindong was executed for the murder of a 35-year-old man named Mergen.* The victim was...
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1205 or 1206: Jamukha, Genghis Khan’s brother and rival
It was in the spring of 1206 that the Mongol warlord Temujin was formally elevated by a council of nomadic chiefs to the title posterity knows him — “Genghis Khan”. Sun Honglei as Jamukha in the 2007...
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1921: Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
On this date in 1921, the Mad Baron* of the Russian Civil War was shot in Novosibirsk. “Before fleeing the Red Army, Whites torch the grain”: civil war propaganda poster from this spellbinding...
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1246: Mikhail of Chernigov, Miracle-Worker
On this date in 1246, the Russian prince Mikhail of Chernigov was put to death by the Mongol commander Batu Khan for refusing to make an idolatrous gesture of submission. In its time, prosperous...
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1284: Tekuder, Mongol sultan
On this date in 1284, the deposed Mongol ruler Tekuder was put to death. The Mongols had conquered half the world on the back of steppe horses and religious toleration. Mongols variously adopted...
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