Mongolia, with its seemingly infinite steppe, is a landlocked country surrounded by two giant neighbours. To the north looms the former Soviet Union who pulled the strings in the satellite state, Mongolia, before its collapse. During that period, Mongolia was but a mere puppet in a gradually decaying Soviet era.

Did the USSR own Mongolia?

It was ruled by the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party and maintained close links with the Soviet Union throughout its history. Geographically, it was bordered by China to its south and the Soviet Union (via the Russian SFSR) to its north.

Was Mongolia allied with the Soviet Union?

The communist regimes of Mongolia and the USSR forged close bilateral relations and cooperation. ... In 1986, both countries signed a treaty of peace, friendship and cooperation. Mongolia sided with the Soviet Union following the Sino-Soviet split in the 1950s.