With the mutual Sino-Soviet animosity the existed at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. All Chinese students studying in the Soviet Union were withdrawn. It was not until 1985 that the Chinese communists again began sending students to study in the Soviet Union. At present Moscow University has more than 120 students from mainland China.
一九六六年文革開始，中、蘇（共）交惡，蘇聯的大陸留學生全部撤回；直到一九八五年，中共才又開始派學生到蘇聯留學，目前莫斯科大學就有一百廿多名大陸留學生。