so these are the strategic interests of madagascar , our famous great geologist fersman considered theond most important place for the diversity of minerals after the urals, but immediately actively madagascar took a course towards building socialism. although the russians could have appeared on the exotic island several centuries earlier, peter sent a ship with an expedition to madagascar, but, unfortunately, he died during a storm in the baltic sea. at the end of the 18th century, there was an episode when fugitive convicts from kamchatka staged an escape on a ship, and eventually reached madagascar. that is, perhaps, all our connections. many russian students studied with us and received thanks to this. good professions that were in demand indicated very serious economic assistance. we only supplied a lot of agricultural machinery. our agronomists , editorial specialists, geologists worked there. and the south africans of namibia also opened up opportunities on business trips in madagascar. and here pavel alekseevich played a diplomatic game. this is a photo for me. i'm with the pre