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Group of arats Number of people % of the total
Albatu (taxed population) 90 71.4%
Kammdschalaga (series of secular feudal nobles) 18 14.3%
Shabi (series of ecclesiastical feudal personages) 18 14.3%
Total 126 100.0 1 %
Out of 126 people, 32 were hired labourers (25.4%), and the rest were poor
arats, who possessed an insignificant number of cattle, mainly sheep and goats,
and families of 5-6 persons. Of these arats, the majority worked, in one way or
another, either for the feudal lords or for rich arats. The information in “Mongol
ardyn juramt tsergiyn durdatgaluud” 765 also depicts the role of arats and the
most oppressed population in the victory of the revolution. These and other
data once again confirm that the People`s Revolution was accomplished by the
broad masses and was not an accidental coup by a small group, as some authors
sometimes assert without any rhyme or reason.
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When we regard the arats as the major motive force of the revolution we must
also take into account another important aspect: the impact of an international
factor on the People`s Revolution.
The national-liberation and revolutionary movement of the arats quite
naturally echoed world events, mainly the revolutionary movements in the
neighboring countries-China and Russia.
The October Revolution, with its far-reaching aims and results was the first
socialist revolution, and marked the beginning of a new social system in historythe
Socialist system, which had the most profound impact on the march of events.
The Mongolian oppressed arats deeply symphonized with and were greatly
inspired by the ideas of the October Revolution which was very comprehensible
and close to the hearts of the broad masses. The Mongolian and Russian people,
since long before the People`s Revolution, had been growing closer to each other.
The masses, represented by their revolutionary-democratic leadership
accepted the just social understanding of the October revolution as a revolution of
the working class accomplished for the first Socialist State as their only true ally.
The rallied with its workers and peasants in their struggle against the common
enemy-the Ungernites.
Thus, under the revolutionizing influence of the arat national-liberation
movement grew and strengthened, acquiring more and more and more an antifeudal
and anti- imperialist character.
This contributed to favorable conditions for a successful struggle of the
Mongolian people for their freedom and independence, for the victory of the
People`s Revolution and the advancement of the country towards Socialism.
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Mongol ardyn juramt tsergiyn durtatgaluud. BNMAU-un. (“Narratives of the Mongolian People`s Partisans”)