Show Outer Mongolia The called so-called Peoples People's Republic oi of 01 Outer Mongolia came into existence existence existence exist exist- ence in 1921 when Russia Russian r red e d army troops entered this vast sparsely populated territory in pursuit pursuit pursuit pur pur- suit of the forces of the white leader General von Stern- Stern berg Its international status has been highly anomalous Theoretically Theoretically Theoretically cally it is still part of China but no Chinese official may set foot there The country in the last few years has been barred a all foreigners except Russians |