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Date	Process	Result
April 21, 2006	Good article nominee	Not listed
April 5, 2019	Good article nominee	Not listed

Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on May 25, 2007, May 16, 2008, May 16, 2011, May 16, 2013, May 16, 2014, and May 16, 2016.

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Section sizes

Section size for Cultural Revolution (70 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	8,382	8,382	468	468
Etymology	1,042	1,042	79	79
Background	15	12,184	0	1,198
Creation of the People's Republic	677	677	79	79
Great Leap Forward	3,746	3,746	367	367
Impact of international tensions and anti-revisionism	4,029	4,029	330	330
Socialist Education Movement and Hai Rui Dismissed from Office	3,717	3,717	422	422
1966: Outbreak	893	24,484	69	2,261
Notification	2,324	2,324	268	268
Mass rallies (May–June)	3,192	3,192	397	397
Bombard the Headquarters (July)	4,111	4,111	356	356
Red August and the Sixteen Points	4,854	4,854	487	487
Destruction of the Four Olds (August–November)	6,003	6,003	376	376
Central Work Conference (October)	712	712	92	92
End of the year	2,395	2,395	216	216
1967: Seizure of power	15,084	15,084	1,156	1,156
1968: Purges	1,365	7,869	137	707
Mao meets with Red Guard leaders (July)	2,315	2,315	222	222
Mao's cult of personality and "mango fever" (August)	3,109	3,109	243	243
Down to the Countryside Movement (December)	1,080	1,080	105	105
1969–1971: Lin Biao	4,115	12,404	410	1,481
PLA encroachment	2,974	5,097	363	611
Restoration of State Chairman position	2,123	2,123	248	248
Project 571	1,222	3,192	178	460
Lin's flight and plane crash	1,970	1,970	282	282
1972–1976: The Gang of Four	2,769	11,880	282	1,266
Deng Xiaoping's rehabilitation (1975)	2,206	2,206	304	304
Death of Zhou Enlai	2,147	2,147	197	197
Tiananmen incident	1,896	1,896	273	273
Death of Mao Zedong and the Gang of Four's downfall	2,862	2,862	210	210
Aftermath	14	9,223	0	586
Transitional period	2,328	2,328	163	163
Repudiation and reform under Deng	6,881	6,881	423	423
Atrocities	17	42,534	0	1,639
Death toll	16,771	16,771	173	173
Massacres	7,508	7,508	337	337
Violent struggles, struggle sessions, and purges	6,656	6,656	587	587
Repression of ethnic minorities	9,622	9,622	498	498
Rape and sexual abuse	1,960	1,960	44	44
Cultural impact and influence	37	54,146	0	4,430
Red Guards riot	1,910	1,910	215	215
Academics and intellectuals	5,576	5,576	237	237
Education system	3,717	13,823	299	1,302
Education system reform	2,090	2,090	218	218
Rural education	1,194	1,194	148	148
Urban education	590	590	64	64
University education	2,725	2,725	254	254
School experiences	3,507	3,507	319	319
Slogans and rhetoric	3,228	3,228	289	289
Arts and literature	3,540	23,980	321	1,914
Opera and music	4,781	4,781	412	412
Visual arts	8,947	8,947	683	683
Literature	2,383	2,383	192	192
Film	4,329	4,329	306	306
Historical sites	3,329	3,329	299	299
Media	2,263	2,263	174	174
Foreign relations	4,750	4,750	240	240
Evaluations	5,620	5,620	362	362
See also	388	388	0	0
Notes	26	26	0	0
References	17	3,465	0	0
Citations	31	31	0	0
Sources	3,417	3,417	0	0
Further reading	21	6,351	0	0
General	1,372	1,372	0	0
Specific topics	1,387	1,387	0	0
Commentaries	635	635	0	0
Fictional treatments	823	823	0	0
Memoirs by Chinese participants	2,113	2,113	0	0
External links	2,281	2,281	0	0
Total	222,113	222,113	15,873	15,873

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When did the Cultural Revolution end?

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The first paragraph notes that it ended with Mao's death (September 9, 1976); the sidebar has Oct. 6 (arrest of Gang of Four); some scholars put the end date in 1977 (Kraus, p. 20). Should this be fixed or addressed? Oaxacanalia (talk) 19:48, 30 January 2026 (UTC)Reply