Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet in the context of Nanyang, Henan


Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet in the context of Nanyang, Henan

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The Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Revolutionary Base Area, or the Eyushaan Revolutionary Base Area (simplified Chinese: 鄂豫陕革命根据地; traditional Chinese: 鄂豫陝革命根據地; pinyin: È-yù-shǎn Gémìng Gēnjùdì) was a Communist-controlled revolutionary base area (simplified Chinese: 革命根据地; traditional Chinese: 革命根據地; pinyin: gémìng gēnjùdì) in north-central China that existed from late 1934 to 1937. It was a constituent part of the Chinese Soviet Republic, a self-declared sovereign state within the Republic of China. The revolutionary base was located in the mountainous tri-provincial border region between Hubei, Henan, and Shaanxi, from which it gets its name. It spanned a contiguous area including parts of present-day Shiyan in Hubei, Sanmenxia and Nanyang in Henan, and Shangluo and Ankang, in Shaanxi.

Red Army forces first took the area on December 8, 1934, and declared the establishment of the revolutionary base area two days later. During its existence, the Eyushaan Revolutionary Base Area faced near-continuous attacks from the Nationalist army and local anti-communist guerillas. Following the Xi'an Incident, which helped create the Second United Front, Red Army forces from the area left the area to join the front lines against the Japanese invasion.

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Hubei–Henan–Shaanxi Soviet in the context of Chinese Soviet Republic

The Chinese Soviet Republic (CSR) was a state within the Republic of China, proclaimed on 7 November 1931 by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the early stages of the Chinese Civil War. The discontiguous territories of the CSR included 18 provinces and 4 counties under the Communists' control. The CSR's government was located in its largest component territory, the Jiangxi Soviet in southeastern China, with its capital city at Ruijin. Due to the importance of the Jiangxi Soviet in the CSR's early history, the name "Jiangxi Soviet" is sometimes used to refer to the CSR as a whole. Other component territories of the CSR included the Minzhegan, Xianggan, Xiang'egang, Honghu, Xiang'echuanqian, Eyuwan, Eyushan, Shaanxi-Gansu, Sichuan-Shaanxi, and Hailufeng Soviets.

Mao was both CSR state chairman and prime minister; he commanded the state and its government. Mao's tenure as commander of a "small state within a state" gave him experience in mobile warfare and peasant organization, which helped him lead the Chinese Communists to victory in 1949.

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