Nghe Tinh Soviets continue the source of passionate patriotism

In 1858, when the French colonialists opened fire to invade our country, the people of Nghe Tinh rose up one after another to fight against the French. The beginning was an uprising gathered under the flag of patriotic scholars, such as the uprising of Tran Tan and Dang Nhu Mai (in Thanh Chuong and Nam Dan districts).

Responding to King Ham Nghi's Can Vuong edict (July 1885), the anti-French movement broke out vigorously throughout Nghe Tinh, typified by the Huong Khe uprising with the Vu Quang base led by Phan Dinh Phung (1885 - 1896). Patriotic scholars such as Nguyen Xuan On and Le Doan Nha raised the flag of uprising in the Northern Nghe An region such as Dien Chau and Yen Thanh.

Later, although these uprisings failed, they proved the tradition of patriotism and hatred of the enemy of the Vietnamese people in general and the people of Nghe Tinh in particular.

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That is the premise that creates the combined strength of our nation's great resistance wars to save the country later.

When the French colonialists officially established their domination over our country, they vigorously implemented colonial exploitation policies in many forms. The people of Nghe Tinh, who were already poor, had to pay high taxes and duties, so they became even more miserable.

In 1900, the French colonialists built a series of factories in Vinh - Ben Thuy: wood, sawmill, train repair, match, electricity, canned fish, wine factories; occupied land to establish plantations in the West of Nghe An, Ha Tinh to grow tea, coffee, and rubber.

The Decree of the Governor General of Indochina on October 15, 1890 allowed each French capitalist to occupy 500 hectares of land at a time. According to the report of the Central Vietnam Public Works Department, by 1929, Nghe An had 40 plantations, with an area of ​​19,729 hectares.

Along with the opening of more factories and plantations was the policy of exploiting colonial labor. Our people had to work hard under the whip of the colonial regime.

However, the colonial exploitation policy of the French colonialists met with the fire of struggle of the workers and peasants of Nghe Tinh. In the early 20th century, the whole country erupted with the Dong Du movement and the Duy Tan movement. The initiator of the Dong Du movement was the patriot Phan Boi Chau.

In 1908, Nguyen Hang Chi (Can Loc district), Trinh Khac Lap (Nghi Xuan district) and Chu Trac (Yen Thanh district) stood up to call on people to participate in the anti-tax movement in Central Vietnam.

From 1909 to 1920, hundreds of Nghe Tinh youths went abroad to find a way to save the country, mainly through Siam and from there to Guangzhou (China).

In Guangzhou, in 1924, they met comrade Nguyen Ai Quoc; from there, a new and promising path to save the country for the Vietnamese revolution was formed. Nguyen Ai Quoc guided the Nghe Tinh patriots in the organization "Tam Tam commune"the path to national salvation following the example of the Russian October Revolution.

In February 1925, he organized the group "Communist Youth Union"consisting of 9 people (many of whom were from Nghe Tinh such as: Le Hong Phong, Ho Tung Mau, Le Hong Son, Truong Van Linh, Luu Quoc Long...) serving as the nucleus of a large revolutionary organization.

In June 1925, Nguyen Ai Quoc founded the organization."Vietnam Revolutionary Youth" (abbreviated as the Youth Association). The Youth Association has a clear purpose and objectives, a strict Charter and a method of operation almost like a party.

Nguyen Ai Quoc opened revolutionary training classes for Youth Association members and sent them back to the country to build the association's base.“Revolutionary Road”, “Shipwreck Diary”" and newspaper "Adolescent" was secretly transferred back to the country to spread Marxism-Leninism into the workers' movement and the people.

Nghe An and Ha Tinh are two provinces with developed workers' and patriotic movements, creating favorable conditions for Marxism-Leninism to quickly germinate and develop strongly. That was the premise for the birth of communist organizations in Nghe Tinh.

On July 14, 1925, at Con Meo Mountain (Ben Thuy), the Phuc Viet Association was founded by patriotic intellectuals such as Le Van Huan, Tran Mong Bach, Tran Phu, and Ton Quang Phiet. The Association assigned cadres to travel throughout the two provinces to build grassroots organizations and sent people to China and Siam to contact Vietnamese patriots operating there.

At the same time, the association organized many activities: distributing leaflets calling on students and intellectuals to participate in the movement to demand amnesty for Phan Boi Chau and the funeral of Phan Chu Trinh. During its operation, the association changed its name many times and finally, on July 14, 1928, the association took the name"Tan Viet Revolutionary Party" (abbreviated as Tan Viet Party).

January 1927, the sub-group "Houseboy"The first association in Nghe Tinh was established. Comrade Nguyen Sy Sach (from Thanh Chuong) was elected as Secretary of the Party Committee. The association's cadres traveled throughout the two provinces to build bases and disseminate works."Revolutionary Road"into patriotic organizations.

The two organizations Thanh Nien and Tan Viet had many legal and semi-legal activities such as: organizing mutual aid groups, friendship groups, book reading groups, newspaper lectures, classes teaching the national language, weaving cooperatives, plowing camps, trading shops... with the participation of many classes of people. Thanks to the active activities of one organization, Marxism-Leninism was widely spread in Nghe Tinh, paving the way for the revolutionary movement in the two provinces to move forward in a new direction.

From mid-1929, comrades Nguyen Phong Sac and Tran Van Cung were sent by the Party Central Committee to Nghe Tinh to establish the Central Region of the Indochinese Communist Party, attracting a large number of people to participate and launching a large-scale struggle movement in the two provinces. At the end of 1929, mass organizations such as the General Labor Union, the General Farmers' Union and the General Students' Union were born.

Under the great influence of the Indochinese Communist Party, in September 1929, progressive members of the Tan Viet Party established the Indochinese Communist Federation at Do Trai wharf, Duc Tho district (Ha Tinh).

After the Communist Party of Vietnam was born, the Party organization system in Nghe Tinh was also quickly established. The provisional Central Branch in Central Vietnam was established in March 1930, with its headquarters in Vinh and another headquarters in Da Nang, with comrade Nguyen Phong Sac (from Bach Mai Street - Hanoi) as Secretary.

The Central Bureau temporarily appointed two temporary Executive Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Nghe An, including:

One,Vinh Provincial Party Committee (including Vinh - Ben Thuy, Nghi Loc, Hung Nguyen and Thanh Hoa Town) was established in March 1930, led by comrade Le Mao - Standing Member of the Sub-Department (equivalent to a member of the Party Central Committee later).

Two,Nghe An Provincial Party Committee (including all districts in the province, except for places under Vinh Provincial Party Committee). Nghe An Provincial Party Committee held the first Congress of delegates (October 1930) at the house of Mr. Nguyen Dinh Kinh (Xuan Tuong Commune, Thanh Chuong District), comrade Nguyen Tiem was elected as Secretary.

In March 1930, the Ha Tinh Provisional Provincial Party Committee was established, and comrade Tran Huu Thieu was appointed as provisional Secretary.

In September 1930, Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee held the first Congress of delegates at Mr. Mai Kinh's house (Thach Viet commune, Thach Ha district), comrade Nguyen Chau was elected as Secretary.