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cations, including monographs 1 and articles in periodicals, in particular
monthly magazine Asia and Africa Today and the monthly
journal Foreign Trade. Though the authors of this book as younger
researchers took part in that work too, the leading specialists in the
field were now late Soviet Africanists Dr. E. Tarabrin,
Dr. G. Smirnov, Dr. G. Rubistein, Dr. V. Lopatov and D. Degtyar.
Results of the Institute’s research and findings are incorporated into
elements of the 3d part of the second chapter and the first part of the
3d chapter. Where it proved possible and necessary the authors updated
the Soviet materials and/or introduced necessary corrections.
The names of the African states are given in the form that was in use
during the times described. However, in case, when the country is
named without a connection to a concrete time frame, the current
name is used.
The authors would like also to express their appreciation of the
support provided by the Russian Humanities Fund () in the
form of research grants. Though provided not specifically for this
publication, they allowed completing the necessary field studies and
research activities in Africa, EU and Russia. Especially important
for collecting and cross-checking the statistics was the support that
allowed the research in the research centers, government and international
organizations in Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, the
European Union and in particularly the use of EUROSTAT and
OECD data bases in Luxembourg and Paris. Some aspects of the
research were funded by the Russian Humanities Fund ()
grant No. 09-02-00547/P «The Imposed Images and Real Possibilities
of Interaction in the Sphere of Natural Resources between Africa
and Russia in the Multipolar World». The authors also wish to
thank Sergei Kostelyanets, who read and corrected portions of the
English language translation of the last chapter of this book.
1 USSR and countries of Africa, Progress, Moscow, 1977; The USSR and Africa.
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