Research Mao Ze-dong's Appraisal On Stalin After The 20th Representative Conference Of The Soviet Communist Party

The question of Mao Ze-dong's Appraisal on Stalin is the noticeable affair in the history of contemporary China, the history of Sino-Soviet relation, the history of international communist movement and the Political history of the world. The appraisal has not only affected the relation of Sino-Soviet, the development of international communist movement, at the same time, but also affected the process of historical development of contemporary China and the recombination of world's political pattern. But for this important historicalaffair that has influentenced greatly the human beings history, there is not a system research about it at present. So, the paper will give a system research from the time of the 20th representative conference of the Soviet Communist Party to the end of debates betwen Sino-Soviet in Dec. 1965. The guideline for research is Deng Xiao-ping's Theory, the research method is Historical Materialism and the combination of the history and argumentation, the study material is Mao Ze-dong's Speech during the discussion of the Chinese communist party's meeting, thesis published and Mao Ze-dong's private talking. The period is from the Secretariat Meeting which the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party holds on 17th March 1956 to the end of the debates between Sino-Soviet on Dec. 1965. So, study Mao Ze-dong's Appraisal on Stalin in an overall and profound manner can help us treat the history at that time correctly, draw the useful lesson, understand the socialist essence to serve our socialist modernization of China, it can also strengthen and understand the historical materialism, help master the principle of appraising the historical person. There are five parts in the paper. Paper will comment and analyze Mao Ze-dong's Appraisal on Stalin from the historical background, cause, course, content, influence, characteristic and limitation.First part, mainly discusses the historical background and cause about Mao Ze-dong's Appraisal on Stalin, The paper puts Mao Zedong's Appraisal on Stalin in the international environment at the second half of the 20th century. Paper points out that the international background about Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin includes: the alliance of Sino-Soviet with the influence of pattern of Cold War; the passing away of Stalin; Krushe's adjusting to foreign policy of soviet union; the domestic background is that our China is exploring the socialist road for building our country after having finished Socialist transformation; and the Krushe's Secret Report is the fuse about Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin.Second part, the paper describes the historical course of Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin and analyzes the characteristic of every period. The period about Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin is divided into three parts, the first part is from 17 March, 1956, holding the Secretariat Meeting of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party to October 1956, the happening of Polish Hungarian Incident, the second part is from the Polish Hungarian Incident to October 1961, the 22 representative conference of Soviet Communist Party, the third part is from the 22 conference of Soviet Communist Party to the end of 1965, the finish of debate between Sino-Soviet. The third part, mainly discusses the content about Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin. In this part, the paper tells us that Stalin is one of the most great revolutionaries, but he has made serious mistakes about the abroad and domestic policies of the Soviet Union, especially for our China, at the same time, he is the flag of socialist revolution at that time, so we should take the cautious attitude when we appraisal on Stalin.Fourth part, mainly tells us the influence of Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin. The influence includes the positive and the negative effects. The influence is being embodied in following four aspects, they are for soviet union, for the relation of Sino-Soviet, for the history of the international communist movement and for our China.Fifth part, mainly tells us the characteristic and limitation about Mao Ze-dong's appraisal on Stalin. Mao Ze-dong always insist on the people's position when he appraisals on Stalin, he has a clear purpose, a cautious attitude, a scientific method, a various way, the accurate language for appraisal. But Mao Ze-dong has ever made some mistakes when he appraised on Stalin, for example, He has not found out the essence of the socialism clearly, he has imposed his will on Krushe when he appraises Stalin. He has interfered on the Soviet affairs at some extent.