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A radical movement that closed schools and slowed production, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution virtually severed China's relations with the outside world. It was proletarian because it was a revolution of the workers against party officials. It was cultural because it meant to alter the values of society in the Communist sense. It was great, because it was on a mammoth scale. It lasted for two years in its intense form, lingered on for another year and a half, and was not officially declared over until 1977.
The cultural revolution
The death and destruction of millions of people was one result of Mao's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution campaigns. Another was having communism discredited.
The Cultural Revolution was launched by Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong during his last decade in power.
The "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution," both which ended in failure.
French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
A radical movement that closed schools and slowed production, the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution virtually severed China's relations with the outside world. It was proletarian because it was a revolution of the workers against party officials. It was cultural because it meant to alter the values of society in the Communist sense. It was great, because it was on a mammoth scale. It lasted for two years in its intense form, lingered on for another year and a half, and was not officially declared over until 1977.
Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
Song'en Chen is a Chinese author known for his novel "The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution." His work focuses on the social and political upheaval in China during the Cultural Revolution.
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution was a mass movement launched in 1966, to remould society and reactivate Communist ideals. Ultimately ... it was little more than a power struggle between Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party and his political rivals. For many it signified a loss of tradition, and a loss of their career, hope and trust. Many people lost their lives.
The Cultural Revolution was intended to smash the old society and establish a new socialist society.
Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution
The cultural revolution
the cultural revolution
A movement of great upheaval is generally known as a revolution. The Cultural Revolution of China began in 1966 and was led by Mao Zedong.
The death and destruction of millions of people was one result of Mao's Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution campaigns. Another was having communism discredited.
The Cultural Revolution was launched by Chinese Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong during his last decade in power.