The great betrayal: Russian memories of the 'great friendship'

Former Soviet diplomats Iu.M. Galenovich and V.P. Fedotov remain oblivious to the significant tensions in Sino-Soviet relations during the 1950s that contributed to the Sino-Soviet split. Further, they remain unapologetic for a host of issues that plagued the relationship and continue to bother contemporary Chinese historians and commentators. Their memory of Soviet history, diplomacy, and the Sino-Soviet relationship is shaped by Russia's contemporary geopolitical consciousness about America, Russia's role in the world, and Russia's relationship to the bordering states of former imperial and Soviet space.