RUDN Journal of Russian HistoryRUDN Journal of Russian HistoryВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: История России2312-86742312-8690Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)5087110.22363/2312-8674-2026-25-2-218-234MZMRZHFAR EASTERN CROSS-BORDER OF RUSSIAДАЛЬНЕВОСТОЧНОЕ ТРАНСГРАНИЧЬЕ РОССИИResearch ArticleFormation of Ussuri Region Civil Railway Infrastructure during the Early 20th CenturyИмперская интеграция в условиях трансграничья: формирование гражданской железнодорожной инфраструктуры Уссурийского края в начале XX векаhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3720-79321656-6362DmitrievaNatalia V.ДмитриеваНаталья Валерьевна

PhD in History, Associate Professor of the Department of Russian History of the Institute of History

кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры истории России с древнейших времен до XX века Института истории

natalia.dmitrieva@spbu.ruSt. Petersburg State UniversityСанкт-Петербургский государственный университет30062026252FAR EASTERN CROSS-BORDER OF RUSSIAДАЛЬНЕВОСТОЧНОЕ ТРАНСГРАНИЧЬЕ РОССИИ21823429062026Copyright ©; 2026, Dmitrieva N.V.Copyright ©; 2026, Дмитриева Н.В.2026Dmitrieva N.V.Дмитриева Н.В.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/50871

The author in their article examines the process of railway construction in the Far East during the late 19th - early 20th century. The difficulties of this project demonstrated that the cross-border location of the Amur Governorate-General and its extreme remoteness from the imperial center, which created unique conditions that required significant adaptation of management and organizational practices which had been tested in other outlying regions. The complex system of interaction between the local authorities and the Railway Administration is analyzed in their article; conflict zones and strategies for adapting imperial management practices in cross-border conditions are identified. The author concludes that it was the settlements along the Ussuri Railway, which developed most intensively. They ensured the transfer of material and human resources from Vladivostok through Northern Manchuria to European Russia until 1916. This particularly affected the development of towns and settlements along the Nikolskaya railway line, which connected the Ussuri Railway with the Chinese Eastern Railway. The increase in their population led to the development of civil infrastructure (the construction of hospitals, churches, commercial establishments, residential areas, etc.), a development in which actors of various levels participated.

Исследуется история формирования гражданской железнодорожной инфраструктуры Уссурийского края в начале XX в. Показано, что трансграничное положение Приамурского генерал-губернаторства, его максимальная удаленность от имперского центра создавали уникальные условия, которые требовали значительной адаптации апробированных на других окраинах управленческих и организационных практик. Проанализирована сложная система взаимодействия местных властей с Управлением дороги, выявлены конфликтные зоны, стратегии адаптации общеимперских практик управления в условиях трансграничья. Автор приходит к выводу, что наиболее интенсивно развивались населенные пункты вдоль Уссурийской железной дороги (УЖД), обеспечивавшей до 1916 г. трансфер материальных и людских ресурсов из Владивостока через Северную Маньчжурию в европейскую часть России. Особенно это сказывалось на развитии городов и поселков вдоль Никольской железнодорожной ветки, которая соединяла УЖД с Китайско-Восточной железной дорогой. Увеличение численности их населения приводило к развитию гражданской инфраструктуры (строительству больниц, церквей, торговых учреждений, жилых кварталов и т.п.), в создании которой участвовали акторы различного уровня.

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