Why did the USSR Refuse to Annex Mongolia? (Short Animated Documentary)

It's not often a country asks to be annexed and even rarer that the answer is no. Yet this is what happened when Mongolia asked the USSR for just that. So why did the USSR say no? To find out, watch this short and simple animated documentary. https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Southside Mitch Franco La Bruna Tim Stumbaugh Richard Wolfe Kevin Sanders David archaeologist Robert Brockway Mittel warmer Tee Ian Smith James Nile Kevin Phoenix Can’t Think Of A Name Porkmeister Ian Jensen אורי פרקש Chase Labiste Mickey Landen anon Qi Xiao sharpie660 D. Mahlik kevinh Juan Castillo Andreas Mosand Chris Fatta Dexter_McAaron Jeff Kapp Nicholas Menghini Ainar Garipov KNSTRKTVST SirAlpaka Brian Giordano Chris Weisel Blah Blah Blah Paul Franche Burt Clothier Alex G. Andrew Niedbala Curt Helmerich Victor Warmflash Jeremy Brian Hamilton Dragan Wolf Mantodea Adam Stalter Rod D. Martin John Garcia Alexander Washofsky John Bisges Joseph Reinsch Scott P Joel Cromwell BattleGoat Studios Jack River Jack Mcbeth SkyEye ScottishTrekkie Ryan Haber Bernardo Santos Riley davidson Andrew Patane Nathan Perlman Käs Warren Rudkin Heytun Danny Anstess Paddy William Hilton Yick Chung Jane Sumpter Tristan Kreller Scott O'Donnell Mik Scheper Justin Pearson Chris Hall doron davidowitz Syagrius Beans Zachary Oertel Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Super Bee 426 Joseph Kerckhoff Christopher Godfrey Joooooshhhhhh Henry Rabung Perry Gagne Joshua A Bishop bas mensink Vance Christiaanse Alen Joker 54 Kim Huett Robert Woodward Gregory Priebe William Wold Craig Cunningham Vilelmus_veliki I'm Not In The Description Blake Dryad Tim Lane Clay Carroll Raymond He Richard W Quarles Phil Simmons Neil Jones Alteredcorgi Matt Reed Eddie Ellen Teapot Michael Wagner Mark Ploegstra Jeffrey Schneider Chach JAY ALAN EDELMAN Liam Gilleece Jack Nelson Proxy Layne Nielsen Anthony McCann Ciege Engine Kinfe85 Kevin Stolz Matthew O'Connor Haydn Noble Phillip Gathright David Chaid James Bisonette Fan #1 Chrisaztec sam Josh Cornelius Sahni Thomas Wang Colm Byrne Imperial Pony Sethars Björn Wittmann Arthur Hosey Jr. TooMuchWaterYouDie James Tailsdoll Piotr Wojnowski Now Seibert HelloAgainThere Colm Boyle Harley Raptopoulos Serius_Loyola Dr. Howard Dr. Fine Dr. Howard Dennis the Cat Gerald Armstrong Eóghan Ó'nia Mr Sandman Matthew Hogan Mathew.glen.williams@gmail.com Steve Noworyta Paul McGee Dakota Brunell João Santos SmythProductions Gabriel Lunde The Roger Luna Colonel Oneill Steve Bonds Donald Weaver Alan Romero Bumble Jones Cor Gar Richard Manklow Konstantin Bredyuk Peter Konieczny Christine Purvis mohd Seth Reeves Pierre Le Mouel Canadian Pats Brian McKinley Ben L Erik Carlsson Olaf Huw Jones Gordon Wilson