CHINESE TRAINEES IN PSKOV (1956-1957)
The article highlights the issue of the stay in Pskov of two groups of Chinese trainees, which took place in 1956-1957 on the basis of cooperation between the USSR and the PRC. These two groups consisted of 12 people. They were young workers (between 20 and 30 years old), who received a secondary technical education in China, but went to get practical skills in the USSR. Their practical activities were realized at the Pskov Factory of Radio Components. In Pskov, they not only mastered the professions necessary for them for working at radio factories in China but also got a great experience of versatile communication with their Russian colleagues and improved their Russian-speaking skills. Unfortunately, these were the only visits of Chinese trainees to Pskov, because in the future the Chinese leaders took the course to the revision of good neighborly relations with USSR, and started to pursue an anti-Soviet policy. But economic successes of PRC were in a great part due to those trainees who worked in Soviet factories, including Pskov Factory of Radio Components.