In 1206, Genghis Khan, who unified several tribes on the Mongol plateau and became a khan (emperor), founded the Mongol Empire. He built a great Mongol empire that extended to Europe. However, the Mongol Empire declined after that and came under the control of the Qing dynasty (government) from the 16th century. In 1911, the Mongolian people declared independence after more than 200 years of Qing Dynasty rule, but China and Imperial Russia made a bilateral treaty to declare Mongolia an autonomous country under Chinese suzerainty.

In March 1921, the revolutionary movement against feudalism and colonialism increased, and the Mongolian Provisional People's Government and People's Army were created. After that, as an ally of the Soviet Union, it spent a socialist era, and with the collapse of socialism that occurred in Eastern Europe in 1992, Mongolia also switched to capitalist policies, and the country name was changed from "Mongolian People's Republic" to "Mongolia". , to this day.