Abstract
This year Russia and Ethiopia celebrate 120th anniversary of diplomatic relations. Two countries are far from each other, but there are many common moments in their history. In XVII-XIX centuries Russian people interested in Christian Abyssinia - the name of Ethiopia in those epoch In that period in Russia appeared Hannibal, an ancestor of Aleksandr Pushkin, a great Russian poet. In the second half of XIX century the Russian Empire started to find new allies including on the African continent. It wasn't surprising that Russian diplomacy selected Ethiopia. Russian support to this African country in 1895-1896 war against Italian colonization played an important role and led to the opening of the Russian embassy in 1898. That event became a significant factor in defending and strengthening the Ethiopian state system and sovereignty. In the Soviet period there were different relations between Moscow and Ethiopian regimes, but concurrence of interests and mutual sympathies helped in preservation of multilateral cooperation. Valuable contribution to the national economy made the construction by the USSR of the «Melca Wacana» hydro-electric power station, more than 60 industrial and industrial installations and large scale geological explorations. About 10 thousand Ethiopians were educated in universities and colleges in the Soviet Union. In the last years both countries actively develop political contacts. Meetings of the ministers of foreign affairs became an annual event. Economic and trade connections strengthen with priority on energy, power grids, nuclear research, mining, transport, agriculture, education and science, health and tourism.
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