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Andrei Yuryevich Urnov was a distinguished Soviet and Russian diplomat, Doctor of Historical Sciences, who specialized in African studies and international relations, and a regular contributor to the “Journal of the Institute for African Studies.” From 2008 to 2025, he worked at the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In his work, he combined practical experience in the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with academic research in African studies. He held the diplomatic rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. He was awarded with high honors, including the Order of the Badge of Honor, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and medals from several African countries.
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1. Urnov A.Yu. (1982). South Africa’s Policy in Africa. Moscow: Nauka. (In Russ.)
2. Urnov A.Yu. (1988). South Africa Against Africa (1966–1986). Мoscow: Progress Publishers.
3. Urnov A.Yu. (2011). Africa and the UN at the End of the First Decade of the 21st Century. Moscow: Institute for African Studies. (In Russ.)
4. Urnov A.Yu. (2014). Soviet Foreign Policy during the Cold War and the New Thinking. Moscow: RFK-Image Lab. (In Russ.)
5. Urnov A.Yu. (2015). The USA and Africa: The Obama Administration’s Policy (2009–2014). Moscow: Institute for African Studies. (In Russ.)
6. Urnov A.Yu. (2017). The USA and Africa: The Obama Administration’s Policy in 2015–2016. A Chronicle of Events. Moscow: Institute for African Studies. (In Russ.)
7. Urnov A.Yu. (2018). Russian-African relations and the US factor in 2015–2018. Journal of the Institute for African Studies. № 2 (43). Pp. 3–22. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.31132/2412-5717-2018-43-2-3-22