Sino-Soviet split

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The Sino-Soviet split was the breaking of political relations between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union caused by doctrinal divergences that arose from their different interpretations and practical applications of Marxism–Leninism, as influenced by their respective geopolitics during the Cold War of 1947–1991. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Sino-Soviet debates about the interpretation of orthodox Marxism became specific disputes about the Soviet Union's policies of national de-Stalinization and international peaceful coexistence with the Western Bloc, which Chinese founding father Mao Zedong decried as revisionism. Against that ideological background, China took a belligerent stance towards the Western world, and publicly rejected the Soviet Union's policy of peaceful coexistence between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc. In addition, Beijing resented the Soviet Union's growing ties with India due to factors such as the Sino-Indian border dispute, and Moscow feared that Mao was too nonchalant about the horrors of nuclear warfare.

Sino-Soviet split - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Conflict between communist blocs "Sino-Soviet conflict" redirects here. For the 1929 event, see Sino-Soviet conflict (1929) . For the 1969 event, see Sino-Soviet border conflict . Sino-Soviet split Part of the Cold War Mao Zedong (left) and Nikita Khrushchev (right) in Beijing , 1957 Date 1961–1989 Location China Soviet Union Mongolia Indochina Afghanistan Caused by De-Stalinization of the Soviet Union, Anti-revisionism and Maoism–Third Worldism Methods Proxy war , propaganda and border skirmishes Result Compet

Sino-Soviet split

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