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11Designated Targets —   Author(s) John Birmingham …
12Cultural Revolution — a radical sociopolitical movement in China c1966 71, led by Mao Zedong and characterized by military rule, terrorism, purges, restructuring of the educational system, etc. Cf. Gang of Four, Red Guard. Also called Great Proletarian Cultural… …
13Zhao Ziyang — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Zhao (趙/赵). Zhao Ziyang 赵紫阳 Zhao Ziyang at Pearl Harbor during his visit to the United States in 1984 General Secretary of the Communist Party of China …
14Diocletianic Persecution — The Christian Martyrs Last Prayer, by Jean Léon Gérôme (1883) The Diocletianic Persecution (or Great Persecution) was the last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman empire.[1] In 303, Emperor …
15France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
16History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976) — History of the People s Republic of China     1949–1976, The Mao Era         …
17Socialist Republic of Romania — Infobox Former Country native name = Republica Socialistă România ¹ conventional long name = Socialist Republic of Romania common name = România Romania continent = Europe country = Romania era = Cold War status = empire = event start = Monarchy… …
18History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989) — Stalinization (1948 ndash;1963) Following the coup d état of February 1948, when the Communists definitively took power in Czechoslovakia, the country was declared a people s republic mdash; a preliminary step toward socialism and, ultimately,… …
19Purge — In history and political science, to purge is to remove people considered by the group in power to be undesirable from a government, political party, a profession, or from community or society as a whole, often by violent means. Restoration of… …
20Purge of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union — The first major purge of the Communist Party ranks (or simply purges, ru. чистка – cleansing ) was performed by Bolsheviks as early as 1921. About 220,000 members were purged or left the party in 1921. The purge was justified by the necessity to… …
