SOVIET-GUINEAN RELATIONS UNDER THE REGIME OF PRESIDENT AHMED SEKOU TOURE (1958-1984)

This article examines the main features of Soviet-Guinean relations during the reign of the first President of the Republic of Guinea, Ahmed Sekou Toure. The severance of colonial relations with France was an important step towards liberating Africa from the colonial yoke, which was supported by the Soviet Union as a heroic struggle for independence. In 1959, President Sekou Toure, accompanied by an important delegation, made an official visit to Moscow, where several agreements of cooperation in the economic, political, military and cultural fields were signed between Guinea and the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's main aim in Africa was to help the new countries develop and have a stable standard of living.