China and the USSR in the 1960-1980th: from confrontation to equal cooperation)

The article describes the historical stages of relations between the Soviet Union and China. The problem of different understanding of the leaders of the USSR and the PRC «the border issue,» the «royal ne-motivations with China» and «equality.» The article shows the problem of «disputed territories.» It expands interpretation of the principle of «peaceful coexistence» of the Chinese and Soviet leaders. It shows the process of growth of the military-political confrontation between the Soviet Union and China. The genesis of the concept of the «three obstacles» on the path to normalization of Sino-Soviet relations is also examined very thoroughly. It was concluded that only the theory and practice of «new political thinking» have made possible to overcome the obstacles to the normalization of Soviet-Chinese relations. Three obstacles to the advancement of Soviet-Chinese relations and their over-come in the era of perestroika