Red Guards — Paramilitary units of radical university and high school students formed during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Responding in 1966 to Mao Zedong s call to revitalize the revolutionary spirit of the Chinese Communist Party, they went so far as to … Universalium
Red Guards — The term refers to both the Bolshevik fighters established at the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution and also to the young, radical activists in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) who zealously carried out the Cultural Revolution. In the… … Historical dictionary of Marxism
Red Guards (China) — Red Guards on the cover of an elementary school textbook from Guangxi 1971 Red Guards (simplified Chinese: 红卫兵; traditional Chinese: 紅衛兵; pinyin: Hóng Wèibīng) were a mass movement of civilians, mostly students and other young people in the… … Wikipedia
Red Guards (Finland) — The Red Guards ( fi. Punakaarti) formed the army of Red Finland during the Finnish Civil War in 1918. The combined strength of the Red Guard was about 30,000 at the beginning of the Civil War, and peaked at 90,000 120,000 during the course of the … Wikipedia
Red Guards (Russia) — For other uses of the term see Red Guard In the context of the history of Russia and Soviet Union, Red Guards (Russian: Красная Гвардия ) were armed groups of workers formed in the time frame of the Russian Revolution of 1917. They were the main… … Wikipedia
Red Guards — militia made up of young Chinese communists who supported Mao Tse Tung in the Chinese cultural revolution (1966 67) … English contemporary dictionary
Red — /red/, n. a male or female given name. * * * (as used in expressions) red blood corpuscle red blood cell Red Army Faction Barber Red Erik the Red Grange Red Great Red Spot Red Khmer Red Army Red Brigades Red Cloud … Universalium
Red Guard|ism — «GAHR dihz uhm», the movement of the Chinese Red Guards … Useful english dictionary
Red Army — This article is about the 1918 1946 Workers Peasants Red Army. For other uses, see Red Army (disambiguation). Soviet Armed Forces … Wikipedia
Red Guard Party (United States) — Infobox American Political Party party name= Red Guard Party foundation= 1967 headquarters= San Francisco, California ideology= Maoism Chinese nationalism The Red Guards were a Chinese American civil rights group active during the late 1960s and… … Wikipedia
