Event

Sino-Soviet split

1956–1966 · 20th century

The Sino-Soviet split was the breakdown of relations between the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union. Beginning with ideological disputes after Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin in 1956, it led to the withdrawal of Soviet advisers in 1960 and an open break by the early 1960s, dividing the world communist movement and culminating in border clashes in 1969.

Sino-Soviet split
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