Moscow, Nauka Publ. 1983. 253 p. Over the past two or three decades of independent political development of the former colonial countries of Asia and Africa, they have undergone various socio - economic changes, although most of these countries remain largely stagnant and multi - layered. In a significant group of young states, the leading role of capitalist relations has been clearly defined, and in a number of countries, qualitative social transformations have been carried out and a course towards building socialism has been proclaimed. In the research of scientists, special attention is paid to the countries of socialist orientation, the development of the revolutionary process in them, achievements and difficulties in implementing the tasks they face .1 In these works, objective internal and external factors of the formation and development of states that have chosen a socialist perspective are considered: the inability of capitalism to ensure the rapid and independent development of the national economy and culture of the liberated countries, the weakening of the world system of imperialism, the possibility of supporting their struggle and defending their gains by the countries of the- 1 See: Brutents K. N. Sovremennaya revolyutsionnaya demokratiya [Modern Revolutionary Democracy], Moscow, 1968; Ulyanovsky R. A. Sotsializm i osvobozhdshiesya strany [Socialism and the Liberated Countries], Moscow, 1972; Kiva A.V. Strany sotsialisticheskoi orientiatsii [Countries of socialist orientation]. The main trends of development. M. 1978; Starchenko G. B. socialist orientation in developing countries. 1978 M.; Kim, G. F. From national liberation to social. M. 1982; the socialist orientation of the liberated countries. M. 1982; Irkhin Yu. V. Trends in the development of the countries of socialist orientation. Voprosy istorii, 1984, No. 6. page 136 However, these works also address the issue that objective factors alone do not explain why only individual countries from a wh ... Read more