How Russia recognized India. Chronicle from ancient times to the present day

The book "How Russia recognized India. The chronicle from ancient times to the present day "for the first time presents readers with a journalistic chronicle of how Afanasy Nikitin began long before the merchant and then developed for centuries the rapprochement of the two peoples - Russia and India. The book includes more than 500 plots and essays about the centuries -old connections between the two countries, starting with Russian travelers who opened the rich world of India. The final section of the book is especially important: in what conditions has intensified since 2000 with the active participation of President of the Russian Federation V. Putin strategic cooperation of the two powers. The book will be useful both to those who professionally cooperate the two countries, as well as teachers, students, tourists and just a mass reader interested in history. The publishing house expects special attention to the book, taking into account the 70th anniversary of Indian independence and the establishment of diplomatic relations between our countries. The book has been created for almost 30 years. The author of the book Valentin Osipovich Osipov is a member of the Union of Writers and the Union of Journalists of Russia, a prominent public figure and publisher, who worked for many years the editor -in -chief of the publishing house "Young Guard" and the director of the publishing house "Fiction", laureate of the Great Literary Prize of Russia and the All -Russian Sholokhov Prize - for this Once he acted as a historian and publicist