{"product_id":"9781350564701","title":"Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow Soviet Educational Cooperation with the Global South during the Cold War","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePeoples' Friendship University in Moscow\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSoviet Educational Cooperation with the Global South during the Cold War\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRiikkamari Muhonen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIS032020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e is the first close analysis of the history of the most important educational institute in the USSR for educating students from the Global South. Through her analysis of this key institution of Soviet internationalism during the Cold War, Riikkamari Muhonen provides a unique focus not only on everyday life within the institution, but how it supported the goals of Soviet public diplomacy towards nations affected by decolonization in Africa and the Middle East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on archival material and interviews with alumni students, Muhonen's mixed methodological approach creates a deep and varied view of the institution and contributes to a rapidly growing field of studies on grass-root level connections between the Second and the Third world in the spheres of cultural collaboration, development aid, and international education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis exploration of Soviet educational programs is important for broader understandings not only of post-war Soviet history, and the aftermath of decolonization and the global Cold War, but Russia's current and evolving relationship with allies across the Global South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRiikkamari Muhonen\u003c\/b\u003e is director of the Finnish Culture and Science Institute FinnAgora, Budapest, Hungary. She defended her PhD in comparative history in the Central European University, Austria, in 2022, and has worked as an Assistant Professor at the American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyztan.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350564701\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e240\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18.24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976360321164,"sku":"9781350564701","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_aefcc8bd-cf3c-496a-b7bd-64a2ad594ee6.jpg?v=1787715451","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781350564701","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}