| Summary: | Background. Based on the sources mostly unknown to Russian historiography,
the article examines the socio-economic situation of the Chinese village during the socalled
the agrarian revolution and the policy of the Communists, associated with strengthening
the stability of the ruling regime of the CCP in the “red enclaves” on the example
of the Central base in South China. The author’s attention is focused on identifying and
characterizing economic sources and the origin of financial flows that contributed to the
consolidation of party dictatorship without significant support from the peasantry and in
conditions of economic decline, as well as an analysis of some causes of the collapse of the Soviet project in the country. Results. The article examines the main aspects and methods
of “aiding the revolution” (expropriation) of rural rich men (“da tuhao”) and the invasion
of market towns (“choukuan”) for hunt for prey of the Chinese Red Army; investigated
the material capabilities of the peasantry and its reaction to the alienation of property.
Conclusions. Analysis shows that the main task of the CCP’s economic policy was the total
confiscation of values from the rural and urban population, regardless of their property status
due to the general decline of the countryside.
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