In the history of the People's Republic of China, a special place is occupied by the activities of Mao Zedong. A huge number of books have been written about him, many films have been shot. Despite the fact that Mao Zedong is still remembered as a great tyrant, his personality, his politics and philosophical teachings had a decisive influence on the fate of China
Biography of Mao Zedong
A political leader and leader of the PRC, Mao Zedong, was born on December 26, 1893 in a peasant family in the Hunan province of Shaoshan. His parents were not rich and illiterate, but were able to give his son primary education. His father was a simple rice trader, and his mother worked on the field and did household chores. Mao's mother was a Buddhist, so the boy was initially completely imbued with this teaching, but having met with representatives of other movements, he decided to become an atheist. At school, the young man studied classical classical Chinese literature and Confucianism.
In 1911, a revolution took place in China, during which the Qing Dynasty fell. Mao had to give up training and join the army. When the young man returned home, his father wanted to see his assistant in him. However, Mao avoided hard physical labor, preferring books to him. He decided to continue his studies and demanded money from his father. He could not refuse his son. Mao Zedong arrives in Changsha and receives a teacher education.
At the suggestion of his teacher, after receiving education, Mao Zedong comes to Beijing and gets a job in the capital's library. Of greatest interest to the young man were books from which he learns about the teachings of Marxism, communism and anarchism. Of the teachings presented and studied, communism attracted the most attention. Acquaintance with a prominent representative of this trend, Li Dazhao, influenced the formation of Mao Zedong as a communist.
Participation in the revolutionary struggle
Until 1920, Mao travels around the country and is increasingly convinced of the need for the teachings of communism. He faces class inequality and struggle and decides to create underground revolutionary cells in Changsha. Mao suggested that changing the situation in China is possible on the basis of the October coup in Russia. Mao Zedong becomes the founder of the cell of the Socialist Youth Union in Changsha, and then forms a small communist circle.
The victory of the Bolshevik party in Russia convinced Mao of the correct dissemination and development of the ideas of Leninism. In 1921, the young man became a member of the founding congress of the Chinese Communist Party, and then secretary of the CCP Hunan branch. To rid the people of class inequality, Mao became one of the organizers of the peasant uprising of 1927. However, government forces crushed the rebels, and Mao himself was forced to flee from the persecution.
In 1928, having settled in Jiangxi Province, Mao Zedong created a strong Soviet republic. The growing influence of Mao was influenced by support for his policies from the Soviet Union.
Political career of Mao Zedong
Having become the leader of the first free Soviet republic, Mao Zedong carries out many reforms. He confiscates and redistributes land, carries out social reforms, gives women the right to vote and work. All of his reforms were based on the peasantry. He becomes a major leader of the Communist Party and, following the example of IV Stalin, conducts the first purge in the CCP.
Mao Zedong tried to quickly get rid of those who criticized the political regime established in China and the work of Stalin. At this time, the case of an underground espionage organization was fabricated and many of its supporters were shot. Mao Zedong becomes a dictator of the People's Republic of China.
From 1930 to 1949, there is a struggle between the Kuomintang and the CCP, as a result of which Mao wins. The Kuomintang Party is sidestepping, and a communist regime is being established in the country.
Personal life of Mao Zedong
The birth of the future leader of the PRC in a simple peasant family could predetermine his fate. His father married him to a second cousin, but Mao did not take this marriage for granted. After the wedding, he ran away from home and lived with his friend for a year. The father was forced to accept the decision of his son.
The first official wife of Mao Zedong is the daughter of his beloved teacher, Yang Kaihui. The woman bore him three children. The marriage ended tragically. Yang Kaihui was executed by the Kuomintang agents. After Mao got married again. His choice fell on the girl who led the self-defense detachment. But a few years later, Mao Zedong had a new hobby in the person of actress Lang Ping. She committed suicide in 1991.
