Moscow celebrates the 100th anniversary of Patrice Lumumba, Patrice Lumumba

The celebration was attended by the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Moscow, Ivan Ngimbi, a number of diplomatic and political figures, as well as the president of the University of Friendship among peoples, Vladimir Filipov and participants were accompanied by African students and members of the diplomatic corps of the Republic of Congo.

The celebration was opened by placing a wreath of flowers on the Memorial Patrice Lumumba in a university town, and celebrities noted the importance of relations between Russia and Africa, and that Russia and Africa are considered two main parties in the construction of a multipolar world.

The ceremony was accompanied by musical paragraphs represented by students of the university, during which the Russian popular song “Porosckl” was presented at the rhythms of African drums, and the singing group “Rainbow” from Madagascar decorated the concert with songs in French.

In order to celebrate this anniversary, the University of Friendship among people in Moscow has released a book called Patrice Lumumba: an incomplete history of a short life, “a copy of which was presented to the Congo’s ambassador to Russia.

“There are people whose lives continue after death. Patrice Lumumba is certainly one of them. His life continues because his actions are perpetuating in memory of his country. ”

“The Congolese leader struggled for freedom, and in order for his people to develop and make decisions in order to serve the interests of his country. He believed that knowledge and independence are the basis of the future. Second. His name is associated with the values ​​of the university with openness, respect and equal opportunities to achieve success.

Patrice Lumumba is a socialist action movie with socialist trends. He became the first chosen prime minister in the history of the Congo between the last days of the Belgian occupation of his country and the first day of independence.

Lumumba was born on July 2, 1925 in the village of Unaloa, the province of Kasai, in 1936 he was sent to a Catholic missionary school, and at the age of thirteen, Lumumba moved to a Protestant school, where he joined the courses to train paramedic. At the age of eighteen years, Lumumba moved to Stanmelville (currently Kisangani), where he worked as a postal worker, and there he visited a public library where he independently studied philosophy, political economy and history, and in order to improve his reading skills, Lumumba joined the French language courses, mastered several languages ​​and began in writing and began writing and began writing and began writing -Multipling magazines.

In 1955, Lumumba joined the Belgian Liberal Party, calling for the development of partnerships between Africans and Europeans. In the same year, a year later he was invited to join the Congol group during the introductory trip to Belgium. However, after his return from Brussels, he was arrested on charges of waste of money from the post office and sentenced to two years in prison, and then decreased to 11 months.

After the liberation from prison and in 1958, Lumumba became one of the founders and head of the National Congo National Party, which was aimed at achieving the direct independence of the Congo without any conditions, and on June 23, 1960, Lumumba formed the first elected government in his country, and his government included that all national troops and issuance in the “equipment”. From the management of the country’s affairs.

Source: Russian agencies