9th World Festival of Youth and Students
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Dates | 28 July - 5 August 1968 |
Motto | For Solidarity, Peace and Friendship |
Cities | Sofia |
Participants | 20,000 people from 142 countries |
Follows | 10th World Festival of Youth and Students |
Precedes | 8th World Festival of Youth and Students |
The 9th World Festival of Youth and Students was held from 28 July to 5 August 1968 in Sofia, capital city of the then People's Republic of Bulgaria. The festival attracted 20,000 people from 138 countries.[1] Initially, the event was planned to be held in Algeria in the summer of 1965, but due to the military coup in that country the date had to be postponed, and Bulgaria became the new venue for the festival.[2]
The festival took place at the height of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and due to the Sino-Soviet split, no Chinese delegates were invited to Bulgaria. However, a group of German Maoists were able to attend. They disrupted the opening ceremony of the festival, shouting the name of Chairman Mao, as well as waving his portrait.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Chronology of World Festivals of Youth and Students". Archived from the original on 2021-09-04.
- ^ "わたくし斎藤さんがAGA治療にオススメするプロペシア時々ミノキシジル". www.fmje.org (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-10-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Smith, Andrew (2019). Which East is Red?. Paris: Foreign Languages Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-2-491182-00-7.
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