In the brief Soviet anti-Japanese campaign of 1945, Soviet and Mongol troops entered Inner Mongolia. Mongolia itself had been essentially a client state of the Soviet Union since 1921. Also the communist leadership of Mongolia had pan-Mongolist ideas, which they only abandoned in the 1950s, apparently at Soviet pressure.

So why did the Soviets not grant Inner Mongolia (or at least a substantial part of it) to Mongolia in the immediate aftermath of World War 2? Stalin was not terribly shy of moving large populations, redrawing borders between Soviet client states, etc. I'd appreciate an answer mostly informed by Soviet documents.

In the brief Soviet anti-Japanese campaign of 1945, Soviet and Mongol troops entered Inner Mongolia. Mongolia itself had been essentially a client state of the Soviet Union since 1921. Also the communist leadership of Mongolia had pan-Mongolist ideas, which they only abandoned in the 1950s, apparently at Soviet pressure.

So why did the Soviets not grant Inner Mongolia (or at least a substantial part of it) to Mongolia in the immediate aftermath of World War 2? Stalin was not terribly shy of moving large populations, redrawing borders between Soviet client states, etc. I'd appreciate most of all an answer informed by Soviet documents.

In the brief Soviet anti-Japanese campaign of 1945, Soviet and Mongol troops entered Inner Mongolia. Mongolia itself was essentially a client state of the Soviet Union since 1921. Also the communist leadership of Mongolia had pan-Mongolist ideas, which they've only abandoned in the 1950s, apparently at Soviet pressure.

So why did the Soviets not grant Inner Mongolia (or at least substantial part of it) to Mongolia in the immediate aftermath of World War 2? Stalin was not terribly shy of moving large populations, redrawing borders between Soviet client states, etc. I'd appreciate the most an answer informed by some Soviet documents.

In the brief Soviet anti-Japanese campaign of 1945, Soviet and Mongol troops entered Inner Mongolia. Mongolia itself had been essentially a client state of the Soviet Union since 1921. Also the communist leadership of Mongolia had pan-Mongolist ideas, which they only abandoned in the 1950s, apparently at Soviet pressure.

So why did the Soviets not grant Inner Mongolia (or at least a substantial part of it) to Mongolia in the immediate aftermath of World War 2? Stalin was not terribly shy of moving large populations, redrawing borders between Soviet client states, etc. I'd appreciate an answer mostly informed by Soviet documents.