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Russia in Manchuria

Manchuria, the name given to Chinas North-eastern provinces by foreign powers, has been contested by China, Russia and Japan in particular over many centuries. This book surveys the history of Manchuria, focusing particularly on the Russian and Soviet perspective. It outlines early colonisation of the region and examines the importance of the Chinese Eastern Railway, a branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway, and the remarkable railway city of Harbin for consolidating the Russian presence in the region and for developing the regions economy. It goes on to consider twentieth century developments, including the Japanese invasion and the puppet state of Manchukuo. Throughout, the book reflects on the nature of empire, especially Russian/Soviet imperialism and its similarities to and differences from other nations imperial ventures.

Paul Dukes was Emeritus Professor of Russian History at the University of Aberdeen.

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A Problem of Empire

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Russia in Manchuria

A Problem of Empire

Paul Dukes

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ISBN: 978-0-367-75216-3 (hbk)

ISBN: 978-0-367-75267-5 (pbk)

ISBN: 978-1-003-16176-9 (ebk)

DOI: 10.4324/9781003161769

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Contents

Epigraph: Lines on Harbin

Dear city, proud and well-built,

The day will come,

When they wont remember, that you were fashioned

By a Russian hand.

Let us not avert our eyes

From such a bitter fate;

Remember, old man historian,

Remember us.

You will look for what has been forgotten,

You will write some mournful pages,

And to the Russian cemetery

A tourist will drop by.

He will take with him a dictionary

And read the epitaphs

And so our little lamp will be extinguished,

Its flickering flame worn out.

Arsenii Nesmelov, Stikhi o Harbine, G. V. Melikhov, Manchzhuriia: dalekaia i blizkaia (Moscow: Nauka, 1991), p. 188. John J. Stephan, author of The Russian Fascists: Tragedy and Farce in Exile, 19251945 (London: Hamish Hamilton, 1978) informs me that Nesmelov was a party bard laureate under the name of Nikolai Dozorov. This might account to some extent for the twilight nature of Lines on Harbin. In fact, Russian Harbin has recently experienced a revival, including care of its cemeteries.

Figures

This map accompanies the article published in 1895 by John Ross that forms the basis of the Introduction in . There is no indication of the construction of a railroad or of the city of Harbin. The Argun, Amur and Ussuri Rivers stand out as the frontier of Manchuria from west to east. (Photo: Aberdeen University)

The frontispiece from Nord en Ost Tartarye published in 1692 by Nicolas Witsen, a prosperous director of the Dutch East India Company. The book ran to 660 pages, giving many details of the peoples inhabiting the vast region of North and East Tartary, including the Manchus. (Bruno Naarden)

The Map of Eastern Tartary published by Pieter de Hondt in 1751 was taken from maps drawn up for the Jesuits. Note Nerchinsk (Nerchinskoy) on the River Shilka to the northwest, the location of the negotiations with Russia conducted by the Jesuits acting for China leading to the Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689. (Wikimaps)

Nikolai Muravyov-Amurskii was created a Count in 1858 with the suffix taken from the River that he had done much to acquire for the Russian Empire. He resigned in 1861 after the accusation that he was attempting to become the Siberian tsar and other innuendos and moved to Paris. His portrait was painted by Konstantin Makovskii in 1863. (Wikipedia)

This railway construction gang shows Chinese gangmasters at the front and coolies at the back, with European, mostly Finnish, managers in between. The photo may be viewed either as an example of the yellow peril threatening white civilisation or as a pointer towards yellow Russia involving harmony between the races. (Leena Dukes)

A French cartoon depicting the carve-up of China entitled The Chinese cake. From left to right, Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, French Marianne, Japanese samurai. Qing official behind them. (Wikimedia Commons)

Army officer Vladimir Arsenev was captivated by the primordial nature of Manchuria and the surrounding area as he went about his official task of surveying the land. He was assisted by a number of native guides represented by Dersu Uzala in the eponymous film by the Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. (Wikipedia)

General Dmitry Khorvat, military engineer and manager of the Far Eastern Railway, in the company of fellow officers from interventionist forces in Vladivostok in 1918. (Wikipedia)

The Russkii Klub at the All-Russian Fascist Union branch headquarters in Manchouli, north-western Manchukuo in 1940. As John Stephan says: A brilliantly lit swastika tauntingly faces the Soviet frontier, just two miles away. (John Stephan)

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