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CONFERENCE “THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
OF ANGOLA’S STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE
AND SOVIET-ANGOLAN MILITARY CO-OPERATION”

Moscow, Roszarubezhcentre, 29 March 2001
Pictures by I. Sid, Africana.ru



1. Opening speech by S. Shvetsova, the First Deputy Head of Roszarubezhcentre.


2. At the conference.


3. Deputy Foreign Minister V. Sredin delivering his speech.

4. Col. Gen. (Ret.) K. Kurochkin, the Senior Military Adviser to the Angolan Defence Minister in 1982-85, and V. Shubin, the Deputy Director of the Institute of Africa (right).

5. L. Sannikov, the Vice-president of MAVI, making a speech.

6. Col. A. Tokarev worked as a military interpreter with the first group of Soviet military specialists in Angola in 1975-76.

7. Watching a documentary on present-day Angola.

8. Speech by Col. Gen. V. Kurochkin.

9. Speech by Minister-Counsellor of the Angolan embassy Ange Eduardo Mengowako, a veteran of the liberation war.

10. Reserve Colonel V. Sagachko, the adviser to a FAPLA infantry brigade commander 1988-90 (right).

11. A. Sarymov, the Head of the RAMS Asia and Africa Department.

12. African diplomats in Moscow. A. Mengowako (left).

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14. Speech by MAVI Coordinator Col. A. Pochtarev. The shooting is by MAVI member Yu. Ivashenko.

15.Attending the conference were students.

16. During a break. L. Salnikov talking to Ambassador R.L.R. Monteiro “Ngongo” with the help of an interpreter.

17. Medical Corps Col. V. Mashkovtsev, the adviser to the District Medical Corps commander.

18. A. Sarymov and A. Kiselev, a representative of Roszarubezhcentre.

19. GGU Professor A. Hazanov (right).

20. Ambassador of the United Republic of Tanzania Eva L. Nzaro.

21. Assistant counselor of the Angolan embassy Oscar G.E. Rogas and Yu. Golovin, a representative of Roszarubezhcentre.

22. Ivan Ivanov, the managing editor of the Africa and Middle East desk of the Ekho Planety magazine, and Lt. Col. G. Dranishnikov, the military interpreter and UN military observer in Angola.

23. During the break.
Brazilian military attache (left)
and his Angolan counterpart Luis Inacio Muxito.

24. Col. Tokarev suggested a minute’s silence in memory of those who died for the freedom and independence of Angola.

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26. Speech by G. Dranishnikov.

27. Speech by V. Shubin.

28. Diplomats of Portuguese-speaking African countries: consul general of the Republic of Cape Verde E. de Nasimento Cros and A.E. Mengowako.

29. Col. Gen. (Ret) V. Belyaev, the Senior Military Adviser to the Chief of General Staff of FAPLA.

30. Closing remarks by the Angolan Ambassador Roberto L.R. Monteiro “Ngongo”.

31. The Angolan ambassador gives commemorative diplomas to L. Sannikov …

32. ... and Col. Gen. K. Kurochkin.

33.“The conference was a success”, say diplomats from Angola, Cape Verde and Cuba.

 





Embassy of Republic of Angola, 2003