The article analyzes the experience of Hanoi's leadership of the national liberation struggle in the South of Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, and then the liberation of Cambodia from the criminal Pol Pot regime in the context of the absence of a “second front” during the implementation of Russia's special operation in Ukraine in 2022. The author takes the reader back to 1950–1965s, when, as a result of the neo-colonialist policy of the United States, the implementation of the Geneva agreements on Vietnam was disrupted and there was a real threat of perpetuating the division of the country into two hostile parts. Under these conditions, a bold decision was made in Hanoi to deploy a full-scale guerrilla struggle in the South, to create the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF), led from Hanoi and relying on military, economic and political assistance from the North. The article shows how victoriously the war of Resistance developed, which ended on April 30, 1975 with the liberation of Saigon, the reunification of the forcibly divided country and the proclamation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). According to the author, as the experience of Vietnam shows, in order to successfully complete the special operation in Ukraine, it is necessary, as military successes are achieved, to focus efforts on the timely implementation of purely political tasks – the creation of a new military-political administration in the liberated regions an Журнал Восточная Азия: факты и аналитика 2022 ВАК Область наук История и археология Ключевые слова Россия / Украина / Вьетнам / Камбоджа / стратегия единого национального фронта / специальная операция / политические задачи / Russia / Ukraine / Vietnam / Cambodia / strategy of the united national front / special operation / political tasks Аннотация научной статьи по истории и археологии, автор научной работы — Кобелев Евгений Васильевич В статье анализируется опыт руководства Ханоем национально-освободительной борьбой на юге Вьетнама в 1960–1970-х гг., а затем и освобождения Камбоджи от преступного полпотовского режима в контексте отсутствия «второго фронта» в ходе реализации специальной операции России на Украине в 2022 г. 2017 / Гарри Михаил Игоревич i Не можете найти то, что вам нужно? Попробуйте сервис подбора литературы . i Надоели баннеры? Вы всегда можете отключить рекламу . Lessons from Vietnam and the Ukrainian Crisis The article analyzes the experience of Hanoi's leadership of the national liberation struggle in the South of Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, and then the liberation of Cambodia from the criminal Pol Pot regime in the context of the absence of a “second front” during the implementation of Russia 's special operation in Ukraine in 2022. The author takes the reader back to 1950–1965s, when, as a result of the neo-colonialist policy of the United States, the implementation of the Geneva agreements on Vietnam was disrupted and there was a real threat of perpetuating the division of the country into two hostile parts. Under these conditions, a bold decision was made in Hanoi to deploy a full-scale guerrilla struggle in the South, to create the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF), led from Hanoi and relying on military, economic and political assistance from the North. The article shows how victoriously the war of Resistance developed, which ended on April 30, 1975 with the liberation of Saigon, the reunification of the forcibly divided country and the proclamation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). According to the author, as the experience of Vietnam shows, in order to successfully complete the special operation in Ukraine , it is necessary, as military successes are achieved, to focus efforts on the timely implementation of purely political tasks – the creation of a new military-political administration in the liberated regions and skillful propaganda work. Автор: Кобелев Евгений Васильевич, кандидат исторических наук, ведущий научный сотрудник Центра изучения Вьетнама и АСЕАН, Институт Китая и The article analyzes the experience of Hanoi's leadership of the national liberation struggle in the South of Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s, and then the liberation of Cambodia from the criminal Pol Pot Essays regime in the context of the absence of a "second front" during the implementation of Russia's special operation in Ukraine in 2022. The author takes the reader back to 1950-1965s, when, as a result of the neo-colonialist policy of the United States, the implementation of the Geneva agreements on Vietnam was disrupted and there was a real threat of perpetuating the division of the country into two hostile parts. Under these conditions, a bold decision was made in Hanoi to deploy a full-scale guerrilla struggle in the South, to create the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the People's Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF), led from Hanoi and relying on military, economic and political assistance from the North. The article shows how victoriously the war of Resistance developed, which ended on April 30, 1975 with the liberation of Saigon, the reunification of the forcibly divided country and the proclamation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV). According to the author, as the experience of Vietnam shows, in order to successfully complete the special operation in Ukraine, it is necessary, as military successes are achieved, to focus efforts on the timely implementation of purely political tasks - the creation of a new military-political administration in the liberated regions and skillful propaganda work. Keywords. Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam, Cambodia, strategy of the united national front, special operation, political tasks. Author. Kobelev Evgeniy V, PhD (History), Leading Researcher of the Center for Vietnam and ASEAN Studies, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the Russian Academy of Sciences (address.