Soviet-Sino relationship during the cultural revolution(1966-1976). By: Tolmachov

Soviet-Sino relationship during the cultural revolution(1966-1976). By: Tolmachov Yury.

The Cause of the Soviet-Sino Split. Beijing had begun trying to displace Moscow as the ideological leader of the world Communist movement. Mao (and his supporters) had advocated the idea that Asian and world communist movements should emulate China’s model of peasant revolution, not Soviets model of urban revolution. «Known as the Five Teachers» (1967) Poster of Marx, Engels, Lenin, Stalin and Mao.

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution had a massive impact on China from 1966 to 1976. Criticize the old world and build a new world with Mao Zedong. Thought as a weapon. 1966.

The Possibility of War The possibility of war between China and the Soviet Union became apparent when both countries began sending military forces to the Sino-Soviet border. Political power comes from the barrel of a gun. 1968. Chinese poster from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution period.

Border Conflict By March 1969, Sino–Russian border politics became the Sino-Soviet border conflict at the Ussuri River and on Damansky–Zhenbao Island; more small-scale warfare occurred at Tielieketi in August.

Geopolitical pragmatism In 1969, after the Sino-Soviet border conflict, the Communist combatants withdrew. In September, Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin secretly visited Beijing to speak with Premier Zhou Enlai. «Topple Soviet revisionists. Smash the dunderheads (dog heads in Chinese). Brezhnev and Kosygin».1967.

Relations between the USA and the PRC. The Sino-Soviet Split opened the possibility for separate negotiations with China by the West Richard Nixon meets with Mao Zedong in Beijing, February 21, 1972.

Conclusion. Soviet-Sino relationship during the cultural revolution refers to the gradual worsening of relations between the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China, and between their respective Communist Parties.