Chinese Revolution · TURNING POINT · 1931

Chinese Soviet Republic (1931)

On the Chinese Revolution map as “The Chinese Soviet Republic”

7 Nov 1931 — In a Hakka market town, the CCP proclaims the Chinese Soviet Republic. It has a currency, a land law and conscription, and three million people live under red administration. Land redistribution wins support among the poor. The record also includes terror against “rich peasants” and internal enemies, including the Futian purges.

When: 7 Nov 1931
Type: Turning point
Chapter: Jiangxi Soviet and the encirclements (chapter 6 of Chinese Revolution)
Atlas: China in Revolution, 1911–1949

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Map showing Chinese Soviet Republic (1931), turning point in China in Revolution, 1911–1949 — TURNING POINT · CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1911–1949

These maps are reconstructed from published sources · USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949 · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 — dated political boundaries · US diplomatic records — Jehol occupation,March 1933 · Natural Earth — physical reference geography · Tangku Truce Agreement,31May1933 — published primary text · USMA: Warlords, 1925 · USMA: Long March, 1934-35 · USMA: Japanese Occupation, 1940

Source details

USOfficeoftheHistorian — ChineseRevolutionof1949. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. CC BY4.0 · Dated polity and constituent territory selections; campaign-dependent occupation overlays reconstructed separately.
US diplomatic records — Jehol occupation,March 1933. Historical facts consulted; no source artwork or prose republished
Natural Earth. Public domain
Tangku Truce Agreement,31May1933 — published primary text. Historical facts consulted; original prose/artwork not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished
United States Military Academy, Department of History, Digital History Center. Source-map facts used for independent geographic reconstruction; original chart artwork is not republished

Warlord regions use the nearest published coalition map from 1925 or 1928–1937. District-level allegiances changed, so these are represented by a disclosed regional reference.

proxy: 1938–1945 earliest separate multipart source reference · reconstruction: 1932–1935source regionalreference · reconstruction: 1933-05-31 · reconstruction: 1933.45 · reconstruction: 1936–1937reference forpost1933Manchukuo · trace: 1925 regionalcoalitions · trace: 1933occupation;1940publishedprovince reference · vector: 1932–1937

Layer records and reconstruction methods