# Khmer Rouge The radical communist movement that ruled Cambodia as Democratic Kampuchea 1975–1979 under [[Pol Pot]], emptying the cities and pursuing an agrarian-utopian totalitarianism that produced the Cambodian genocide (roughly 1.5–2 million dead). A canonical reference in right-wing critiques of revolutionary communism. > [!info] Stub — created 2026-06-21 as a link target for [[Dictators in World History Hub]]. Expand with origins, Year Zero, the killing fields, and the Vietnamese intervention.