Historical place archive

Ruijing in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Ruijing in China. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

10 records4 event labels4 people1930–1934

Historical events in Ruijing

1930

1930
Siege of Ruijing
Chiang Kai-Shek · Civil War

Launches the first encirclement campaign against the Communist base area in Jiangxi late in the year.

1930
Siege of Ruijing
Mao Tse-Tung · Civil War

Defeats 1st attempt by Chiang Kai-Shek to overrun the Communist military base

1931

1931
Chairman
Mao Tse-Tung · Communist Party

Appointed Chairman of the Soviet at Ruijing

1931
Siege of Ruijing
Chiang Kai-Shek · Civil War

The second and third Nationalist encirclement campaigns fail to destroy the Communist base in Jiangxi.

1931
Siege of Ruijing
Mao Tse-Tung · Civil War

Defeats 3rd attempt by Chiang Kai-Shek to overrun the Communist military base. Defeats a 2nd attempt by Chiang Kai-Shek to overrun the Communist military base

1932

1932
Siege of Ruijing
Chiang Kai-Shek · Civil War

Continues the fourth encirclement campaign against the Communist Jiangxi Soviet while balancing pressure from Japan.

1932
Siege of Ruijing
Tsai Tingkai · Civil War

Ordered by Chiang Kai-Shek to attack the Communist base at Ruijin

1934

1934
Chairman
Mao Tse-Tung · Communist Party

Appointed Head of the Ruijin Soviet

January 1934
Congress of Ruijing
Mao Tse-Tung · Civil War

Supports Russia & its achievements & says the communist army will be victorious

16 October 1934
Long March
Yun Chen · Civil War

The Ruijing base is abandoned & the Long March begins. 80,000 communists troops are pursued by 400,000 strong army of nationalists

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