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Sino-Soviet split
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The Sino-Soviet split was the gradual worsening of relations between the People’s Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Cold War. This was primarily caused by diverg
Mao Zedong (left) and Nikita Khrushchev (right) in Beijing, 1957
Mao Zedong (left) and Nikita Khrushchev (right) in Beijing, 1957
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, 1945
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, 1945
The Sino-Soviet split initially arose in the late 1950s over the ideological divergence between Soviet leader Khrushchev's policies of De-Stalinisatio
The Sino-Soviet split initially arose in the late 1950s over the ideological divergence between Soviet leader Khrushchev's policies of De-Stalinisation and peaceful coexistence and Mao's affirmation of Stalinism and confrontation with the West. By the late 1970s, the positions were reversed; the New Cold War was beginning with the Soviet Union and the West in confrontation and China having achieved rapprochement with the United States.
A meeting of some Chinese and Soviet leaders in 1958. From left to right: Ye Jianying, Peng Dehuai, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev.
A meeting of some Chinese and Soviet leaders in 1958. From left to right: Ye Jianying, Peng Dehuai, Nikolai Bulganin, and Nikita Khrushchev.
Sino-Soviet border conflict
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The Sino-Soviet border conflict, also known as the Sino-Soviet crisis, was a seven-month undeclared military conflict between the Soviet Union and China in 1969, following the Sino-Soviet split. The m
Sino-Soviet split
…leadership of world communism through the revolutionary parties native to the countries in their spheres of influence. The conflict culminated after the Zhenbao Island border incident in 1969, after which the Soviet Union reportedly considered the possibility of launching a large-scale nuclear strike against China, and the Chinese…
Disputed areas in the Argun and Amur rivers. Damansky/Zhenbao is to the south-east, north of the lake.
Disputed areas in the Argun and Amur rivers. Damansky/Zhenbao is to the south-east, north of the lake.
Zhenbao (Damansky) Island
Zhenbao (Damansky) Island
A Soviet ship using a water cannon against a Chinese fisherman on the Ussuri River, 6 May 1969
A Soviet ship using a water cannon against a Chinese fisherman on the Ussuri River, 6 May 1969
The Soviet T-62 tank that was captured by the Chinese during the 1969 clash is now on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolutio
The Soviet T-62 tank that was captured by the Chinese during the 1969 clash is now on display at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.