Notice:
This event occurs in the past.
The Soviet Red Cross in 1950s-60s India
Monday, March 31, 2025 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
- In-person event
- 202, Tory Building, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
- Contact
- Tanya Schwarts, tanyaschwartz@cunet.carleton.ca, 613-520-2828
Please join the History Department for a talk with Dr. Severyan Dyakonov, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, entitled “The Soviet Red Cross in 1950s-60s India.”
During 1950s-60s decolonization, the Soviet Red Cross aimed to establish hospitals in India as a model of socialist humanitarian aid. Soviet doctors—mostly women—integrated into Indian hospitals and medical schools to showcase the merits of socialism. The International Red Cross provided Moscow with a neutral humanitarian platform to engage non-aligned states while avoiding accusations of spreading Communist propaganda. Moscow instead used it to redefine humanitarianism itself—equating it with socialism.