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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">20112</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2018-18-3-686-700</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>POLITICAL PORTRAITS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ ПОРТРЕТЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="zh"><subject>政治人士</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">ON THE ROLE OF EXTERNAL FACTORS IN THE EMERGENCE OF LEFT IDEOLOGIES AMONG BENGALI ELITE</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>О РОЛИ ВНЕШНИХ ФАКТОРОВ В ФОРМИРОВАНИИ ЛЕВЫХ ВЗГЛЯДОВ БЕНГАЛЬСКОЙ ЭЛИТЫ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Volgina</surname><given-names>Elena Vasilievna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Волгина</surname><given-names>Елена Васильевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Third Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Russian Federation</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>третий секретарь МИД России, Российская Федерация</p></bio><email>ele-volgi@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Prospects for South—South Cooperation. 	  40th Anniversary of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Перспективы сотрудничества Юг—Юг.  К 40-летию Буэнос-Айресского плана действий</issue-title><fpage>686</fpage><lpage>700</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2018-12-07"><day>07</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Volgina E.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Волгина Е.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Volgina E.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Волгина Е.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20112">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/20112</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article is an attempt to explore the emergence and expansion of left ideas in Bengal, the key province of colonial India. Nowadays the major part of the province is a part of the West Bengal state, headed by communists for decades. A communist state in a capitalist country is a phenomenon, which cannot be explained merely by economic reasons. A closer scrutiny reveals a certain correlation between the travels to the West by prominent Bengali public figures and leftist thoughts in their works between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Therefore, their travel narratives, or travelogues, which present the West as the epicenter of rapid economic, scientific and technological development, causing, however, an observable spiritual degradation of society attracts a special attention. None of the travelers introduces him/herself as a consistent socialist or communist, but the Western model comes under severe criticism, though the importance of technical development for India is commonly recognized. This results in the positioning the Soviet system as an alternative to the European and American ways, as a model that is closer and more attractive for India.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Статья представляет собой попытку проанализировать возникновение и распространение левых идей в ключевой провинции колониальной Индии - Бенгалии. Сейчас большая часть провинции относится к индийскому штату Западная Бенгалия, который на протяжении десятилетий возглавляли коммунисты. Такой феномен, как формирование коммунистического штата в капиталистической стране, не может быть объяснен только экономическим фактором. При ближайшем рассмотрении налицо корреляция между путешествиями на Запад видных бенгальских общественных деятелей в конце XIX - начале XX в. и высказыванием ими левых идей. В этой связи особый интерес вызывает исследование их путевых записок - травелогов. В них Запад предстает как эпицентр бурного экономического и научно-технического развития, вызывающего духовную деградацию общества. Ни один из авторов не выступает последовательным социалистом или коммунистом, однако западная модель развития подвергается суровой критике, несмотря на признаваемую необходимость технического развития для Индии. Альтернативой пути Европы и США выступает советская модель, более привлекательная и близкая Индии.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>communism</kwd><kwd>socialism</kwd><kwd>West Bengal</kwd><kwd>India</kwd><kwd>Swami Vivekananda</kwd><kwd>Rabindranath Tagore</kwd><kwd>travelogue</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>коммунизм</kwd><kwd>социализм</kwd><kwd>Западная Бенгалия</kwd><kwd>Индия</kwd><kwd>Свами Вивекананда</kwd><kwd>Рабиндранат Тагор</kwd><kwd>травелог</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><award-id></award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Biswas, A.K. (1986). Vivekananda and the Indian Quest for Socialism. Calcutta: Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Данге Ш.А. Индия от первобытного коммунизма до разложения рабовладельческого строя. 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