Mao Zedong

9 hrs. 16 min.

Language Russian

Author Boris Sokolov

Narrator Roman Volkov

The name of Mao Zedong is firmly associated in the public imagination with the horrors of the Cultural Revolution and the absurd decisions of the Great Leap Forward era. The destruction of sparrows and forcing peasants to smelt steel at home led to catastrophic consequences. The number of victims of terror is measured in tens of millions and still has not been established with certainty. Nevertheless, even within China itself, the Great Helmsman may be criticized—though not too strongly. Who, then, was one of the most ruthless tyrants of the twentieth century? How did a young man who fled home and devoted himself to studying classical Chinese literature become first a fervent revolutionary, then a cunning politician, and finally a bloody dictator? A new book in the “The Most Complete Biography” series tells the story of the Great Helmsman’s life journey.

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