The beginning of the Sino-Soviet Split: two different approaches

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2017.2.05

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Marxism-Leninism, Nikita S. Khrushchev, Mao Zedong, Stalin, Sino-Soviet split, communism.

Abstract

The emergence of the Sino-Soviet split and implicitly the contestation of the ideological primacy of the Kremlin would have a negative impact on the unity of the Communist monolith. Both sides will relate differently to the events that had contributed to the tensioning of the Sino-Soviet relations, trying to underline the legitimacy of their own interpretation. Based on unpublished documents from the Romanian archives, this article aims to analyze the main views promoted by the USSR and China towards the emergence of the Sino-Soviet split, while trying at the same time to capture, on the basis of declassified documents, the elements omitted by both sides in explaining their own position.

Rezumat: Emergența rupturii sino-sovietice și, implicit, contestarea primatului ideologic al Kremlinului aveau să se repercuteze negativ asupra unității monolitului comunist. Ambele părți se vor raporta în mod diferit la evenimentele care au contribuit la tensionarea relațiilor sino-sovietice, încercând să sublinieze legitimitatea propriei interpretări. Bazat pe documente inedite din arhivele românești, prezentul articol își propune o analiză a principalelor poziții promovate de către URSS și China față de emergența rupturii sino-sovietice, încercând în același timp să surprindă, pe baza documentelor declasificate, care au fost elementele omise de către ambele părți în explicarea propriei poziții.

Cuvinte-cheie: marxism-leninism, Nikita S. Hrușciov, Mao Zedong, Stalin, ruptura sino-sovietică, comunism.

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2017-12-30

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CROITOR, M. (2017). The beginning of the Sino-Soviet Split: two different approaches. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Historia, 62(2), 60–70. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbhist.2017.2.05

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