Nikita Fedorovich Batukhanov (Batkhaan) was born in 1888 in the
Russian Empire, and was later named Erdene ("precious" in Mongolian). In 1914, Batkhaan moved to Mongolia's capital of Niĭslel Khüree (today
Ulaanbaatar) to work as a teacher. In March 1921, he was appointed as the secretary of the provisional government of the
1921 revolution, and in November served as interpreter and adviser to the Mongolian delegation to the
Soviet Union. In 1929, Batkhaan was accused of "right opportunism" and relieved of his duties. The students were sent home from Europe "on holiday" that summer, never to return. In 1930, Batkhaan was sent to the Institute of Oriental Languages in
Leningrad, where he taught Mongolian. During the
Great Purge, he was arrested by the Soviet
NKVD in 1937 and sent to a
Gulag camp at
Ukhta in the
Komi ASSR. He was reported to have died in Mongolia in 1948. == References ==