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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed group → communist movement → political organization → revolutionary organization →
armedWing	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	Cambodian genocide →
officialStateName	Democratic Kampuchea →
opposedGroup	Lon Nol government → Vietnam →
overthrownBy	People's Republic of Kampuchea → 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	People's Republic of China →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cambodian American ("Khmer Rouge regime") → Cambodian American ("Cambodian genocide") →	historicalCauseOfMigration
Cambodia ("Khmer Rouge regime") → Cambodia ("Cambodian genocide") →	historicalEvent
Cambodian Civil War → Mayaguez incident ("Khmer Rouge naval forces") →	opponent
Cambodian–Vietnamese War →	belligerent
A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide ("Cambodian genocide") →	coversEvent
Cambodian Civil War ("Cambodian genocide") →	followedBy
Mayaguez incident ("Khmer Rouge forces") →	hasCasualties
Cambodian Civil War →	hasParticipant
Maoism →	influenced
Mayaguez incident →	involvesOrganization
Year Zero: The Silent Death of Cambodia →	mainSubject
Khmer Rouge ("Cambodian genocide") →	notableEvent
Mayaguez incident →	relatedTo
Sino-Vietnamese War ("Khmer Rouge (for China)") →	supportedBy