Between Moscow and Washington: Why the 1949 Visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan Did Not Take Place?

The article is devoted to the problems o f foreign policy orientation o f the post-colonial world in the condi tions o f the bipolar system o f international relations that had been created after the Second World War.The object o f the study is the foreign policy o f Pakistan, which arose w ith the transfer o f British power colonial India and its division along religious lines into the Indian U nion and Pakistan.As a subject, the author proposes a conflict in the history o f the formation o f Pakistani-Soviet relations -the planned b u t failed visit o f Pakistani Prime Minis ter Liaquat Ali Khan to the Soviet U nion in 1949.Against the background o f the geopolitical interests o f the USA and the USSR, an analysis o f this diplomatic story and its consequences is given.The work is based on the materi als from the archival collections o f the Ministry o f Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Policy Archive o f the Russian Fed eration, the National Archives o f India, and published documents from Pakistan, the USA, and Great Britain.