ocr: In 1917, amid the tumult of the Bolshevik revolution, von Sternberg returned to Mongolia, He proclaimed himself generaland, at the head of 800 cossacks, fought the Soviets and the Chinese with the support of the Japanese. With them, he: liberated Urga, capital of Outer Mongolia and future Ulan, Bator, from the Chinese and installed the Mongolian Dalai Lama, Bogdo-Guegen", as sovereign. Once he had become Great Khan, the"mad baron" von Sternberg gave free rein to his bloodthirsty madness committing such atrocities that he completely terrorized'the population. Obsessed by one final megalomaniac ...
