Khmer Rouge

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armed group communist movement political organization revolutionary organization

The Khmer Rouge was a radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, responsible for the deaths of around two million people through genocide, forced labor, and mass starvation under the leadership of Pol Pot.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Khmer Rouge canonical 45
Khmer Rouge regime 6
Cambodian genocide 5

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group ⓘ
communist movement ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
revolutionary organization ⓘ
armedWing Kampuchean Revolutionary Army ⓘ
surface form: Revolutionary Army of Kampuchea
cameToPower 1975 ⓘ
capitalUnderRule Phnom Penh ⓘ
conflict Cambodian Civil War ⓘ
Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
crimeType crimes against humanity ⓘ
genocide ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
disarmament late 1990s ⓘ
estimatedDeaths 1700000 ⓘ
2000000 ⓘ
finalCollapse 1998 ⓘ
founder Pol Pot ⓘ
foundingDate 1968 ⓘ
governedEntity Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
governedPeriodEnd 1979-01-07 ⓘ
governedPeriodStart 1975-04-17 ⓘ
headquartersDuringRule Phnom Penh ⓘ
ideology Maoism ⓘ
Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
agrarian socialism ⓘ
radical communism ⓘ
ultra‑Maoism ⓘ
internationalRecognition held Cambodia's UN seat after 1979 ⓘ
leader Ieng Sary ⓘ
Khieu Samphan ⓘ
Nuon Chea ⓘ
Pol Pot ⓘ
lostPower 1979 ⓘ
notableEvent Khmer Rouge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Cambodian genocide
officialStateName Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
opposedGroup Lon Nol ⓘ
surface form: Lon Nol government

Viet Nam ⓘ
surface form: Vietnam
overthrownBy People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
Cambodian–Vietnamese War ⓘ
surface form: Vietnamese invasion of Cambodia
policy abolition of markets ⓘ
abolition of money ⓘ
abolition of religion ⓘ
evacuation of cities ⓘ
forced collectivization ⓘ
mass forced labor ⓘ
targeting of intellectuals ⓘ
slogan Year Zero ⓘ
successorRegime People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
supportFrom China ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China

Referenced by (69)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maoism → influenced → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Cambodia → historicalEvent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge regime
Cambodia → historicalEvent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambodian genocide
Cambodian–Vietnamese War → belligerent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → hasParticipant → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → opponent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → followedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambodian genocide
Mayaguez incident → involvesOrganization → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Mayaguez incident → opponent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge naval forces
Mayaguez incident → relatedTo → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Mayaguez incident → hasCasualties → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge forces
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia → mainSubject → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Cambodian American → historicalCauseOfMigration → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge regime
Cambodian American → historicalCauseOfMigration → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambodian genocide
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide → coversEvent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambodian genocide
Sino-Vietnamese War → supportedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge (for China)
Khmer Rouge → notableEvent → Khmer Rouge self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cambodian genocide
People's Army of Vietnam → opponent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge forces
Ho Chi Minh Trail (logistical network named after him) → supportedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
subject surface form: Ho Chi Minh Trail
Koh Tang → usedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge (historical)
Koh Tang → involvedForce → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Democratic Kampuchea → rulingParty → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → foundedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea → includesFaction → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → partOf → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → governingRegime → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge regime
United Nations peace process in Cambodia → participant → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Paris Peace Agreements of 1991 → signatoryParty → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (FARK) → primaryOpponents → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge forces
1970 Cambodian coup d'état → opposedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
U.S. bombing of Cambodia → targeted → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Fall of Phnom Penh (17 April 1975) → belligerent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Fall of Phnom Penh (17 April 1975) → opponent → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Fall of Phnom Penh (17 April 1975) → relatedTo → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
United States (for Lon Nol government) → opposedSideInConflict → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
People's Republic of China (for Khmer Rouge) → supports → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak → killedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Khmer National Armed Forces (FANK) → opposedBy → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
subject surface form: Khmer National Armed Forces
Norodom Sihanouk → allyOf → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge (at certain periods)
Indochina conflicts → hasParticipant → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Pol Pot → memberOf → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Pol Pot → leaderOf → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Pol Pot → movement → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Nuon Chea → politicalParty → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Nuon Chea → movement → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge movement
Khieu Samphan → memberOf → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Khieu Samphan → partOf → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: leadership of Democratic Kampuchea
Khieu Samphan → roleIn → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge regime
Khieu Samphan → politicalMovement → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
Khieu Samphan → historicalPeriod → Khmer Rouge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khmer Rouge era