Feats during the Great Patriotic War were performed not only on the front line, but also in the deep rear.
In Mongolia, they say “Tsaas hediy nimgen chichikhees naash tsoorokhgyi, Khun hediy sain ch helehees naash sanakhgyuy”, approximately “Although the paper is thin, it cannot be torn until you poke your finger into it. Although he is a good man, he will not be remembered until you tell him."
So it's time to remind about the exploits of ordinary Mongols and Mongolians.
During the Great Patriotic War, one simple woman lived and worked in the Mongolian somon of Naranbulag Uvs of the aimag. Her name was Engaelyn Badam. She did a lot of good for the Soviet army. But it is hardly remembered today somewhere other than Mongolia.
During the Second World War, the people of Mongolia were worried about the people of the USSR and the soldiers who fought at the front. Everyone wanted to help with something. Both old people and young people wrote applications that they wanted to fight at the front with the Nazis.
And women sewed nekhiy khantaz-vests and gloves from lamb skins, donated their gold and silver jewelry.
Engaelyn Badam also took part in this action, after which she received the nickname "Front Badam".
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Then this woman donated 16 camels, 93 horses, 1600 sheep and many hundreds of ram skins to help the front, as well as cash in the amount of 10 thousand tugriks, which at that time could buy 12,500 heads of sheep. And this is the sacrifice of only one citizen of Mongolia for the Soviet people. Do young people especially remember this in modern Russia? Does he know about it? It is highly doubtful.
Engelin Badam herself was born in 1903 in the Naranbulag Uvs somon of the aimag. Awarded with a Certificate of Merit from the Government of the MPR. The USSR awarded her with a medal dedicated to the 100th anniversary of V. I. Lenin.
Until her old age, she worked as a shepherd. In 1947, her livestock population reached 2,154 heads. This proves that she was a very hardworking woman.
In Mongolia, everyone knows how the Mongolian People's Republic of the USSR helped in those difficult times. During the four years of the war, 485,000 Mongolian horses were delivered to the Soviet Union. According to other sources - just over 500 thousand. Also Mongolia in those years supplied to the USSR almost 500 thousand tons of meat and 64 thousand tons of wool. Every fifth Soviet overcoat in 1942-45 was "Mongolian".
In addition, Mongolia was an important source of raw hides and furs. Deliveries of fur coats, fur hats, mittens and felt boots began in the first military autumn. By November 7, 1941, several Soviet infantry divisions from reserves preparing for a counteroffensive near Moscow were fully equipped with Mongolian winter uniforms.
In 1942-45, the Mongolian Arat aviation squadron and the Revolutionary Mongolia tank brigade, created with funds from the Mongolian People's Republic, fought on the Soviet-German front.
Author: Maidar Sosorbaram