| Summary/Abstract |
he author presents her view on one of the most important events in the history of China in the first half of the 20th century, 1919's May Fourth movement. The reasons for and consequences of this movement against the backdrop of the New Culture movement (1915-1925) are considered in light of the effect the ideas of Westernization had on China, and the experience of the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. The relationship between domestic events and foreign influences on China is demonstrated. History shows it was a turning point in the life of Chinese society and called the future path of the country's development into question. Contemporary assessments of the New Culture movement and 1919's May Fourth movement revise and supplement existing ideas on the reasons for and content of the latter.
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