Mao Zedong was a principle Chinese Marxist theorist and communist revolutionary who founded the people’s republic of China and served as the Chairman from 1949 to 1976 until his death. His Marxist-Leninist ideologies, along with his political policies and measurements were collectively known as Maoism. After serving the nation for 6 years as a soldier, in 1919, he established Changsha to bring the students, merchants and workers together and his