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Sufan may refer to: China * Sufan movement (1955) Iran Sufan ( fa, سوفان) may also be rendered as Soofan, Sofan or Soffan. * ''Sufan'', alternate name of Ghanem, Iran * Sufan-e Olya * Sufan-e Sofla {{disambiguation ...
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Sufan Movement
The Sufan movement (; "Campaign to Eradicate Hidden Counterrevolutionaries") was a purge of perceived opponents in the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong, between 1955 and 1957. The term "sufan" is short for "肅清暗藏的反革命分子", which means "to purge of the hidden counterrevolutionaries"; similar campaigns had been carried out within the Chinese Communist Party as early as 1932. Mao directed that 5 percent of counter-revolutionaries were to be eliminated. During the purge, around 214,000 people were arrested and approximately 53,000 died. Origins The Sufan campaign originated as the development of a campaign by Mao in early 1955 against Hu Feng, a Marxist literary critic, and a purported clique of writers and intellectuals who had criticised the Communist Party's restrictive policies towards literature and the arts. They called for more freedom of expression, but were persecuted as counterrevolutionaries. 81,000 intellectuals were "unmasked and punished" and ...
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Ghanem, Iran
Ghanem ( fa, غانم, also Romanized as Ghānem; also known as Boneh-ye Qā’em, Boneh-ye Qānem, Bonneh-ye Ghānem Morīshed, and Sūfān) is a village in Shahid Modarres Rural District, in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 511, in 100 families. References Populated places in Shushtar County {{Shushtar-geo-stub ...
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Sufan-e Sofla
Sufan-e Sofla ( fa, سوفان سفلي, also Romanized as Sūfān-e Soflá; also known as Soffān-e Pā’īn) is a village in Miyan Ab-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Shushtar County, Khuzestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni .... At the 2006 census, its population was 251, in 51 families. References Populated places in Shushtar County {{Shushtar-geo-stub ...
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