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MongoliaMongolian-Soviet Friendship Society
Although party-sponsored mass organizations existed for
women, laborers, the elderly, and creative artists, the largest
mass organization in the late 1980s was the Mongolian-Soviet
Friendship Society, established in 1924. With 580,000 members in
1984, the society was chaired by Political Bureau member Namsray,
and it included most of the country's prominent leaders. As the
name implied, its mission was to strengthen friendly ties and
cooperation with the Soviet Union. The society furthered this
goal by sponsoring films, exhibits, and lectures and by
conducting an annual friendship month celebration preceding the
anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution on November 7. Another
body, the Federation of Mongolian Peace and Friendship
Organizations, acted as an umbrella association, serving other
international friendship societies.
Data as of June 1989
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