 After Mongolia had declared independence in 1911, Russia had sent a special envoy to Urga, Ivan Yakovlevich Korostovets.Korostovets planned the creation of a newspaper and the establishment of a secular school under Russian sponsorship, and offered Tseveen to edit the newspaper and supervise the school, both of which Tseveen accepted.In the following years, besides the work at school and the "Shine toli" ('New Mirror') and "Niislel Khüreenii sonin bichig" newspapers, he continued academic work and also translated some popular texts into Mongolian.