Some of the troops, which were called to help the police, were not so wild about breaking up up of the demonstration. ... On February 26 the troops of the Petrograd were called out to stop the uprising. ...

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During his reign of power in the Chinese Communist party, Mao launched what he called 'The Great Leap Forward,' which was a movement which should have seen a significant growth in agricultural and industrial production (Teacher source, Unknown #1). ... Whole villages starved to death In the Xixian county alone, 639 villages were deserted and 200, 000 people died" –Jung Chang, Wild Swans, 1991, Harper Collins (Primary Source) Due to the Great Leap's failure, Mao was subjected to a 'demotion' of sorts, in which his rivals in the CCP took control of his high...

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