9th World Festival of Youth and Students

The 9th World Festival of Youth and Students was opened on 28 July 1968, in Sofia, the capital of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The festival attracted 20,000 people from 138 countries. 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.[1]

9th World Festival of Youth and Students
Host country People's Republic of Bulgaria
DateJuly 28, 1968 (July 28, 1968)
CitiesSofia
Participants20,000, from 138 countries

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.[2]

References
  1. "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.
  2. Smith, Andrew (2019). Which East is Red?. Paris: Foreign Languages Press. pp. 48–49. ISBN 978-2-491182-00-7.


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