“Resilience, Perseverance, and Sense of Diplomacy:” The Soviet Red Cross in India, 1954–1963

What is it about?

After World War II, the Soviet Union sought to cultivate favorable public opinion in the decolonized world. To achieve this, Moscow developed targeted education and development programs, with medical training playing a central role. Beginning in the 1950s, the Soviet Red Cross established hospitals across Asia and Africa, both to provide daily medical care and to shape new medical elites in emerging nations.

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