The article is devoted to the analysis of the image of China, presented in one of the most iconic publications of the USSR - the magazine “Bolshevik” in 1924-1930. The result of the study was the definition of the main characteristics of the ideas about the Celestial Empire, formed by the Stalinist leadership through this magazine. Soviet readers were imposed with the image of an “agrarian”, “backward”, “oppressed by imperialists” country, fighting against numerous internal and external enemies. In the 20s of the twentieth century. The leaders of the All-Union Communist Party (Bolsheviks) believed in the victory of the world revolution and viewed the national liberation movement in China as a “natural ally of the proletariat”. This image justified the need for Soviet intervention in the country’s internal affairs, material and moral assistance to the Chinese Republic, the Chinese National People's Party (Kuomintang) at a certain stage, and the Chinese communists leading the country to freedom and independence. It was characterized by extreme practicality and focus on results, which markedly distinguished it from the image of China created by the press of the Russian Empire. The formation of such ideas took place in full accordance with party guidelines, covering current events from the point of view of the theory and practice of Bolshevism. From the mid-1920s, the magazine gradually turned into a platform that I.V. Stalin and his supporters used to expose their opponents within the country and justify the USSR's foreign policy strategy in relation to various political forces in China.
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