试论西藏地区的民主改革运动及其历史意义

西藏地区的民主改革是中国共产党领导的新民主主义革命的重要组成部分，是西藏完成新民主主义革命第二阶段的历史任务，也是彻底埋葬封建农奴制度的一场伟大革命。这场革命在中国共产党的领导下，推翻了封建农奴主阶级的统治，实现了百万农奴翻身解放；变农奴主所有制为劳动农牧民的个体所有制；建立了人民民主的西藏地方自治政权。西藏民主改革的胜利完成，使西藏社会性质发生了质的变化，实现了社会发展的飞跃，开创了西藏历史的新时代，是中国共产党在解决中国民族地区变革方面的巨大成功，是马列主义、毛泽东思想关于民族地区社会改革理论与西藏实践相结合的光辉典范。

On the Democratic Reform Movement in Tibet and its Historical Significance

As an important part of China＇s new-democratic revolution which was under the leadership of the Communist Party of China （（the C.P.C）, the democratic reform in Tibet had fulfilled its historical task of the second phase of its new-democratic revolution, a great revolution which had completely abolished the feudal serfdom. The revolution under the leadership of C.P.C terminated the rule of the serf owners, emancipated millions of serfs, changed the system of ownership from the serf-owner＇s one to the individual labourer＇s one, and granted the people＇s democratic autonomy to Tibet. The success of the democratic reform began a new era in the Tibetan history seeing that Tibet＇s society improved greatly, and developed speedily. It demonstrates the enormous success of the leadership of the C.P.C on the revolutions of ethnic groups, and the righteousness of applying for Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong thought in the reform of minority areas.