Relations between the USSR and the most powerful and largest country in Indochina - Vietnam during the Indochina War of 1965 - 1975 and later were generally allied and partner. These relations have always been not only interstate, but also inter-party in nature, which immediately predetermined a completely different level of relations and trust. The role and significance of Vietnam for the global goals of Soviet policy in Asia and in Southeast Asia were extremely great. Hanoi acted both as the center and nodal point of relations between the USSR and the countries of Indochina, and as a pillar of Soviet influence and presence in Southeast Asia, and as the main ally in the military-political confrontation between the United States and the ideological confrontation with China, and as a "bastion" demonstrating the effectiveness of the Soviet model of socialism in Asia. These factors determined the general nature of relations between Moscow and Hanoi from the second half of the 60s of the XX century, including the military-political, economic, cultural and ideological spheres.
The closest ties between the Vietnamese communists and their Soviet comrades can be traced back to the beginning of the 20s of the XX century, from the time of the Comintern, although diplomatic relations between the USSR and the DRV were established in January 1950. In the 1950s, Soviet-Vietnamese contacts developed quite quickly, especially in the economic and military spheres, however, despite the successful visit Vietnam's relations with the Soviet Union were significantly inferior to those of Vietnam and China, including the agreement to provide the USSR with significant gratuitous assistance to the DRW in economic recovery (Isaev and Pivovarov, 1983, p.16).
The reasons for this were that in the context of the resumption in the early 1960s of the armed struggle of the Vietnamese communists for the liberation of the South from the power of the pro-American regime of Ngo Dinh Diem, for the resto ...
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