The Peoples" Friendship University in Russia...

* The Peoples" Friendship University was founded February 5, 1960 by the Soviet government. A year later, it was given the name of Patrice Lumumba, a Congolese independence leader

* The university was created at a time when the Soviet Union and the West fiercely fought for influence in dozens of Asian and African states freshly liberated from colonial rule and Latin American countries which were looking for their political identity

* It was intended as a place where new political elites from Asian, African and Latin American countries could receive free education and be politically indoctrinated to maintain close ties with the Kremlin in the future

* Students were accepted via public organizations and government institutions, and then via Soviet embassies and consulates

* During its 50 years, the university has prepared over 70,000 specialists in various sectors, many of whom became senior members of government, political and business leaders in their

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