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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Russian History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Russian History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: История России</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8674</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-8690</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">36010</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8674-2023-22-3-484-495</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">VRFAGW</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Reorganization of Diplomatic missions of the Russian Empire in North-East China During the Early XX Century: based on Materials from the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Реорганизация дипломатических представительств Российской империи в Северо-Восточном Китае в начале XX века: по материалам АВПРИ</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8283-2238</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Starovoytova</surname><given-names>Elena O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Старовойтова</surname><given-names>Елена Олеговна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in History, Assistant Lecturer of Theory of Social Development of Asian and African Countries Department</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. истор. наук, ассистент кафедры теории общественного развития стран Азии и Африки</p></bio><email>e.starovoytova@spbu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Saint Petersburg State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-09-20" publication-format="electronic"><day>20</day><month>09</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>22</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Cities of the Russian Regions and Cross-Border Territories in the Historical Space</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Города российских регионов и трансграничных территорий в историческом пространстве</issue-title><fpage>484</fpage><lpage>495</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2023-09-21"><day>21</day><month>09</month><year>2023</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, Starovoytova E.O.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, Старовойтова Е.О.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Starovoytova E.O.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Старовойтова Е.О.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/36010">https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/36010</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">In their article, author considers previously little-studied aspects of the activities of Russian diplomatic missions in China in the late XIX - early XX century in order to explore the features of the daily life of the consular offices of the Russian Empire in China. The study is based on the copies of the answers of the Russian consular office employees in Manchuria to the questionnaire compiled by a special Commission for the Reorganization of the Foreign Service under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1907. These documents are stored in the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and have been introduced used publicly for scientific use for the first time here. From the available material, it is apparent that in addition to the difficult living conditions in unusual climate, Foreign Ministry officials in China faced a large number of domestic difficulties, a lack of working materials, and funding. Disagreements over the delimitation of consular districts and the powers of diplomats led to inconsistency in the activities of Russian consuls in China. Nevertheless, despite the difficulties, under any circumstances Russian diplomats remained committed to their duty and did their best in the interests of their state, at the same time striving to establish friendly and equal relations with their Chinese counter-parts.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Рассмотрены ранее малоизученные аспекты деятельности российских дипломатических представительств в Китае конца XIX - начала XX в. с целью установить особенности повседневной жизни консульских учреждений Российской империи в Китае. Исследование строится на основе копий ответов служащих российских консульских учреждений в Маньчжурии на вопросы анкеты, составленной специальной Комиссией по реорганизации заграничной службы при МИД в 1907 г. Данные документы хранятся в Архиве внешней политики Российской империи МИД РФ и впервые вводятся в научный оборот. Выясняется, что помимо тяжелых условий жизни в непривычном климате чиновники МИД в Китае сталкивались с большим количеством бытовых сложностей, недостатком рабочих материалов и финансирования. Разногласия по поводу разграничения консульских округов, а соответственно, и полномочий дипломатов приводили к несогласованности деятельности российских консулов в Китае. Тем не менее, несмотря на трудности, российские дипломаты на местах при любых обстоятельствах оставались верны долгу своей службы и делали все возможное в интересах собственного государства, стремясь в то же время наладить дружественные и равноправные отношения с китайской стороной.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>A.P. Izvolsky</kwd><kwd>history of Russian diplomacy</kwd><kwd>foreign service</kwd><kwd>Niuzhuang</kwd><kwd>Russian-Chinese relations</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>А.П. Извольский</kwd><kwd>история российской дипломатии</kwd><kwd>заграничная служба</kwd><kwd>Нючжуан</kwd><kwd>российско-китайские отношения</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation project no. 22-28-00858 “Russian diplomats in China (second half of the XIX – early XX Centuries): political and socio-cultural dimensions,” https://rscf.ru/en/project/22-28-00858/</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование выполнено за счет гранта РНФ № 22-28-00858 («Российские дипломаты в Китае (2-я половина XIX – начало XX вв.): внешнеполитическое и социокультурное измерения»). https://rscf.ru/project/22-28-00858/</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Khodjakov, M.V. “ ‘Yellow Russia’ of the late XIX - early XX Centuries in the Geopolitical Plans of the Russian Military Elite.” Modern History of Russia 8, no. 4 (2018): 880-897, https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu24.2018.406 (in Russian).</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Веременко В.А., Жукова А.Е., Самарина Л.А. 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