Anlong Veng is a district in Oddar Meanchey province in Cambodia. The main town in the district is also called Anlong Veng. The population of the district could not be counted during the 1998 census o
Grave of Khmer Rouge leader and Cambodian dictator Pol Pot.
Pol Pot was a Cambodian politician, revolutionary, and dictator who ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 until his overthrow in 1979 during the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Ideologically a Maoist and Khm
Anlong Veng District
…time of the census. It is estimated that 35% of the population in Anlong Veng were former Khmer Rouge soldiers including the Maoist leader and dictator Saloth Sâr (Pol Pot). Anlong Veng is in the area of the Dângrêk Mountains, in the far north of Cambodia. It is located 125 km north of Siem Reap and close to the…
Prek Sbauv, the village where Pol Pot was born and spent his early years
Sâr arrived in Paris on 1 October 1949. Paris pictured in 1950.
In Paris, Pol Pot was inspired by the writings of Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin (pictured together in 1949) on how to conduct a revolution.