1958 Fighting sparrows in China

60 years ago, on February 12, 1958, as part of the "Great Leap Forward" policy, the PRC launched a large-scale pest control campaign. A slogan was put forward to exterminate the "four pests" - rats, mosquitoes, flies and sparrows. The fight against sparrows took on a particularly massive character, which was reflected in the song of Vladimir Vysotsky "Letter from the workers of the Tambov plant to the Chinese leaders": "Crush the flies, reduce the birth rate,// Destroy your sparrows!".