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Cultural Revolution

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History Atlas. "Cultural Revolution." Accessed September 2, 2026. https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/cultural-revolution.

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History Atlas. (n.d.). Cultural Revolution. Retrieved September 2, 2026, from https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/cultural-revolution

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@misc{historyatlas-cultural-revolution,
  author = {History Atlas},
  title = {Cultural Revolution},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-history.interactiveatlas.org/events/cultural-revolution},
  note = {Accessed September 2, 2026}
}

The Cultural Revolution, formally the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China launched by Communist Party chairman Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal was to preserve Chinese communism by purging remnants of capitalist and traditional elements from Chinese society.

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