Revolutionary generation
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A revolutionary generation is a generation of people for whom a revolution was a major event or influence in their lives.[1] Such revolutions are usually associated with particular nations. The children of this generation are called the children of the revolution.
Cuba
The revolutionaries of 1959 in Cuba were known as the Generation of the Centenary after the 100 year anniversary of the birth of José Martí in 1853.[2]
United States
Evarts Boutell Greene dated the generation of the American Revolution as being from 1763 to 1790.[3]
Asia
China
The first political generation of leaders in the People's Republic of China are part of the revolutionary generation in China, such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai,[4]
Israel
The Second Aliyah generation was arguably the most important and influential aliyah. It took place between 1904 and 1914, during which approximately 40,000 Jews immigrated into Ottoman Palestine, mostly from Russia and Poland, some from Yemen. They were the generation that created the social, political and cultural foundations of the State of Israel.