Title Alternative
Dalaĭn davalgaanaar. English
Volume and Number
East Asian Research Aids and Translations, Volume 6
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Download Chapter 1. How My Parents Used to Live (4.4 MB)
Download Chapter 2. My Early Childhood (12.2 MB)
Download Chapter 3. My First Taste of the Benefit of Reawakening Prosperity (2.3 MB)
Download Chapter 4. My Desire for an Education (2.1 MB)
Download Chapter 5. An Unsuccessful Test (3.9 MB)
Download Chapter 6. The Nation’s Capital (4.1 MB)
Download Chapter 7. At Middle School and College in the Soviet Union (6.5 MB)
Download Chapter 8. Down into the Ocean of Life (7.9 MB)
Download Chapter 9. My Journey to the Front (3.0 MB)
Download Chapter 10. In the Depths of the Ocean (4.3 MB)
Download Chapter 11. The Mongolian People’s Vote for Independence (6.9 MB)
Download Chapter 12. My Involvement in the Education of our People (2.8 MB)
Download Chapter 13. Working to Represent the People (6.8 MB)
Download Chapter 14. In Government Office (5.7 MB)
Download Chapter 15. Defending my Doctorate (1.6 MB)
Download Chapter 16. A Move into the Field of Academic Work (11.4 MB)
Download Chapter 17. As a Servant of the People and Messenger of the Government (5.1 MB)
Download Chapter 18. Through Inner Mongolia (2.1 MB)
Download Chapter 19. Epilogue (3.3 MB)
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Publication Date
1997
Managing Editor
Edward H. Kaplan
Publisher
Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University
City
Bellingham, Washington
Description
The translation of Shirendev’s Through the Ocean Waves is a significant event for the historical understanding of modem Mongolia. This is the first personal biography by a central figure in the communist government that dominated the entire central part of the twentieth century. Shirendev is a remarkable statesman. The peaks and troughs of his career, alluded to in his title, reveal the inner turbulence of the history of his country, which was largely hidden until recently. Since 1990 Mongolia has changed direction politically, turning towards democracy, market relations and openness in public life. The publication of Shirendev s book in Mongolian is part of this process. However, although his career is usually identified with the high socialism of the 1940s-80s, Shirendev's book reveals that he really stands for a “Mongolianness” that spans virtually the whole of this century in all of its political guises. It is clear from Shirendev’s account that even a beacon of party activism such as himself remains in many ways attached to the traditional culture in which he grew up. His account contains a mixture of admiration for the experience of the herders with a determination to improve the social conditions of their lives.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25710/41vm-4y79
Publisher (Digital Object)
Resources made available by the Special Collections, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, and the Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University,
Type
Text
OCLC Number
438618
Geographic Coverage
Mongolia
Disciplines
Asian History | East Asian Languages and Societies
Keywords
Communist Mongolia
Document Type
Book
Recommended Citation
Shirėndėv, B. (Bazaryn), "Through the Ocean Waves: The Autobiography of Bazaryn Shirendev" (1997). East Asian Studies Press. 10.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/easpress/10
Rights
Copyright 1997 the Center for East Asian Studies, Western Washington University
Language
English
Format
application/pdf