Sergey Mazov

Biographic Data

ID4432246
NAMESergey Mazov
GIVEN NAMESSergey
FAMILY NAMEMazov
SIGNATUREMAZOV S
AFFILIATIONSInstitute of World History
ORCID0000-0001-6502-751X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS17
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR17
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • The War in the Skies of Nigeria (1967—1970)

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2025

    The article examines the dynamics and nature of aerial warfare during the Nigerian Civil War, 1967—1970. It shows how the warring parties were preparing for an air war. The head of the Federal Government, Yakubu Gowon, failed to obtain supplies of aircraft from Western countries and turned to the USSR and Czechoslovakia, which sold MIG-17 jet fighters to Nigeria, as well as UTI MIG-15 and L-29 training aircraft. In 1968, the United Arab Republic …

  • Life and Death Waiting for Revenge

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2025

    Drawing on recently available documents from Russian archives, the article revealed unknown facts about the contacts of Soviet representatives with the ousted president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, who emigrated to Guinea. It was established, in particular, that the USSR provided substantial financial assistance to Nkrumah’s supporters, who were preparing his return to power by force. They failed to organize any serious action, the money was wasted, …

  • Documents from the archive of foreign policy of the Russian Federation on the position of African countries towards the Nigerian civil war (1967–1970) and on the OAU’s peacemaking

    Sergey Mazov, S V MazovARTICLENovaia i noveishaia istoriia2024

    OnMay 30, 1967 the southeastern provinces ofNigeria attempted to secede as the self-proclaimedRepublic ofBiafra.This caused theNigerian civil war which lasted fromJuly 6, 1967 toJanuary 15, 1970.Biafran army was defeated and capitulated.The international response to theNigerian crisis revealed an array of positions which were non-bloc, unique, and atypical of theColdWar era.TheSovietUnion found out itself in a motley crew ofFederalGovernment’s su…

  • The USSR and the Сollapse of Socialist Orientated Regimes in Ghana and Mali, 1966—1970

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2024

    Drawing on recently available documents from Russian archives, the author revealed unknown circumstances and facts concerning the reaction of the Soviet authorities to the military coups in Ghana (24 February 1966) and Mali (19 November 1968), which led to the fall of socialist oriented regimes that were friendly and ideologically close to the USSR. It is established that there was no unanimity in the Soviet leadership and expert community on the…

  • The Peacekeeping Role of the Organization of African Unity During the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970

    Open AccessSergey MazovARTICLEVestnik RUDN International…2023

    This study examines the peacekeeping activities of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) in resolving the Nigerian crisis. On May 30, 1967 the eastern part of Nigeria, the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, tried to secede from Nigeria. This led to a civil war that lasted from July 6, 1967 to January 15, 1970. Biafra’s army was defeated and capitulated. The reference to the history of the OAU peacekeeping experience is relevant, because it can…

  • USSR Military Assistance to the Federal Government During the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970)

    Sergey MazovARTICLENovaia i noveishaia istoriia2023

    Drawing on newly available documents from the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation (AVP RF) the author closely examines Soviet-Nigerian military and technical cooperation during the Nigerian Civil War (1967–1970). He focuses on the following issues: the extent of Soviet assistance to the war efforts by the Federal Military Government (FMG) of Nigeria, how Soviet weapons were used in combat operations, what effect military aid had on S…

  • Secret Soviet-Congolese Talks on Providing Military Aid for the A. Gizenga’s Government, March 1961

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2023

    This article is the first publication of three documents obtained by the author in the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation. They contain important information on the Soviet role in the Congo crisis in the 1960-s and particularly its policy toward the pro-Lumumba government in Oriental Province (December 1960 — August 1961) headed by Antoine Gizenga. These are records of talks between a minister in the Gizenga’s government Pierre Mule…

  • USSR and the UN Military Operation in the Congo 1960—1964

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2022

    Drawing on UN documents, materials from Russian and British archives, the author examined the evolution of the Soviet line towards the UN military operation in the Congo in 1960—1964, exposed the intentions of the Soviet leadership to employ the UN military contingent in achieving its goals in the Congo, showed how the actions of the Western powers, their Congolese allies and the UN leadership frustrated the Soviet plans. The Soviet posture regar…

  • “We Are from Biafra”. Igbo Students in the USSR during the Civil War in Nigeria, 1967-1970

    Open AccessSergey MazovARTICLEVestnik RUDN International…2021

    Drawing on the Russian archival documents the article examines the Soviet policy towards Igbo students who studied in the USSR during the civil war in Nigeria (1967-1970). They sided the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, Eastern Nigeria, seceded from Nigeria in May 1967. The USSR supported the territorial integrity of Nigeria, provided military and other assistance for the Federal Government in its confrontation with Biafra. However, the Soviet…

  • USSR and the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra, 1967-1970 (based on archival documents)

    Sergey MazovARTICLEAsia and Africa today2021

    Drawing on documents housed in the Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation (AVP RF), the article examines the motives of the Soviet support for the territorial integrity of Nigeria during the Nigerian civil war (1967-1970), the attempts of seceded Eastern Nigeria (Biafra) to make the Soviet Union a neutral side in the Nigerian crisis, the attitude of the Soviet authorities to the Nigerian students in the USSR, who took the side of Bia…

  • USSR and the 1966 Coup d’État in Ghana

    Open AccessSergey Mazov, Sergey Vasilyevich MazovARTICLEVestnik RUDN International…2020

    The article investigates the role of Soviet experts and diplomats in conceiving the economic policy of the government of Kwame Nkrumah and in elaborating a seven-year development plan for Ghana (1963-1970). Drawing on extensive documents from Russian archives, the author proved that the USSR Ambassador to Ghana had recommended Soviet economic recipes to President Kwame Nkrumah, ignoring Ghanaian realities and opportunities, - the introduction of …

  • USSR and «Union of african states» project, 1963-1964 (based on russian archival materials)

    Sergey MazovARTICLEAsia and Africa today2020

    The author has obtained recently declassified Russian archival materials revealing the secret role of Soviet experts in preparing some constituent documents of the Union of African States, Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah sought to establish

  • Soviet-Nigerian Relations on the Eve of and at the Beginning of the Civil War in Nigeria, 1966—1967 (Based on Russian Archival Sources)

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2020

    The author was the first to examine closely Soviet-Nigerian relations during the civil war in Nigeria drawing on archival sources from Russia. He concluded that contrary to the widespread opinion, Soviet assistance, including supplies of military equipment and weapons, to the federal government, did not imply the triumph of “crude” pragmatism over ideological imperatives. Moscow’s plan was to enhance the Soviet influence throughout Nigeria, albei…

  • USSR and the Rebels of the Eastern Congo, 1964—1965 (Based on the Documents Contained in the Russian Foreign Policy Archive)

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2018

  • Unknown History of Publishing the Kwame Nkrumah’s Autobiography in the USSR

    Sergey MazovARTICLEIstoriya2016

    ЭНОЖ «История» - — уникальное сетевое периодическое издание, в котором собраны научные и учебно-методические статьи ведущих отечественных и зарубежных историков, отражающие результаты современных исследований. Входит в базы данных научных цитирований

  • Soviet Aid to the Gizenga Government in the Former Belgian Congo (1960–61) as Reflected in Russian Archives

    Sergey Mazov, Sergei MazovARTICLECold War History2007Cited by: 3References: 2

    Documents obtained by the author in the Russian archives offer new details about the Soviet role in the Congo crisis in the 1960s and particularly its policy toward the pro-Lumumba government in Orientale Province (December 1960–August 1961) headed by Antoine Gizenga. Evidence from archival documents suggest that the Soviet Union supported Gizenga's government, but did not want to take the international risks involved in delivering material aid t…

  • The USSR and the Former Italian Colonies, 1945–50

    Sergey Mazov, Sergei MazovARTICLECold War History2003Cited by: 2

    This article studies the motives determining Soviet leadership's actions concerning the former Italian colonies. Analyzing the body of documents from the Archive of Russian Foreign Policy (the Foreign Ministry Archive), the author came to the conclusion that Realpolitik imperatives clearly dominated ideological considerations on this issue. The architects of the Soviet foreign policy were interested in the geostrategic position of Libya, Somalia …