Why Khrushchev Stepped Down (1 results)

Soft cover. Russian-language edition published in Peking (Beijing) in 1964 by the Foreign Languages Press - the propaganda arm of the Chinese Communist Party during the early years of the Sino-Soviet split. The book is a Russian translation of articles from the Chinese magazine (Red Flag), issues 21-22 for 1964, analyzing the political downfall of Nikita Khrushchev and denouncing Soviet "revisionism." A striking Cold War artifact of Maoist ideological polemics, printed for distribution among Russian-speaking audiences abroad and among pro-Chinese factions of the international communist movement. Such Russian-language editions from Beijing were produced in small print runs and are now sought after by collectors of Cold War ephemera, propaganda studies, and Sino-Soviet history.…