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)5087510.22363/2312-8674-2026-25-2-284-302NGVHLPFAR EASTERN CROSS-BORDER OF RUSSIAДАЛЬНЕВОСТОЧНОЕ ТРАНСГРАНИЧЬЕ РОССИИResearch ArticleRussian Émigrés in Manchuria during the Period of the CER Joint Soviet-Chinese Administration in the 1920sРусская эмиграция в Маньчжурии в период совместного советско-китайского управления КВЖД в 1920-е годыhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6471-83272690-9973DatsyshenVladimir G.ДацышенВладимир Григорьевич

Dr. Habil. Hist., Professor, Professor of the Department of History of Russia, World and Religious Civilizations

доктор исторических наук, профессор, профессор кафедры истории России, мировых и религиозных цивилизаций

generalhistory2005@yandex.ruSiberian Federal UniversityСибирский Федеральный университет30062026252FAR EASTERN CROSS-BORDER OF RUSSIAДАЛЬНЕВОСТОЧНОЕ ТРАНСГРАНИЧЬЕ РОССИИ28430229062026Copyright ©; 2026, Datsyshen V.G.Copyright ©; 2026, Дацышен В.Г.2026Datsyshen V.G.Дацышен В.Г.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/50875

The author in their work considers the history of Russian emigration in Manchuria in the period of the joint Soviet-Chinese administration of the CER in the 1920s. The study focuses on the division of the Russian population into “Soviet citizens” and “émigrés.” It provides a critical analysis of the approaches established in Russian historiography to studying this problem, as well as contemporary scholars’ views and assessments of Russian emigration in Manchuria. The author examines the size and composition of the Russian population on the CER, issues of citizenship, and the émigrés’ attitude toward the Soviet Union. The author uses documents from Russia’s regional archives, as well as published statistical and analytical materials to develop their study. They conclude that the entire Russian population of the CER, regardless of citizenship, constituted a relatively cohesive community of Russian émigrés. Diverse views and political preferences, as well as social and class divide in the ethnocultural and geopolitical conditions of the cross-border region, allowed the émigrés to remain within a unified Russian community.

Исследуется история русской эмиграции в Маньчжурии в период совместного советско-китайского управления Китайской Восточной железной дорогой (КВЖД), Северо-Восточный Китай, советско-китайское трансграничье, пути сообщения, русское зарубежье КВЖД в 1920-х гг. В центре исследования проблема деления русского населения на «советских граждан» и «эмигрантов». В работе дается критический анализ сложившихся в российской историографии подходов к изучению проблемы, взглядов и оценок современных ученых на русскую эмиграцию в Маньчжурии. Автором рассматриваются численность и состав русского населения на КВЖД, проблемы гражданства и отношения эмигрантов к Советскому Союзу. Исследование выполнено с привлечением документов из фондов региональных архивов России, а также опубликованных статистических и аналитических материалов. Автором сделан вывод о том, что все русское население КВЖД, независимо от гражданства, представляло собой относительно целостную общину русских эмигрантов. Наличие различных взглядов и политических предпочтений, социальное и классовое расслоение в сложившихся этнокультурных и геополитических условиях трансграничья позволяли эмиграции оставаться в рамках единого российского сообщества.

Northeast ChinaSoviet-Chinese Transboundary AreaCommunication RoutesRussian DiasporaFar Eastern FrontierСеверо-Восточный Китайсоветско-китайское трансграничьепути сообщениярусское зарубежьеДальневосточный фронтирИсследование выполнено за счет гранта Российского научного фонда (РНФ), проект № 23-48-00004 «Китайско-Восточная железная дорога как трансграничная социокультурная система: история строительства, реконструкция и моделирование механизмов охраны культурного наследия», https://rscf.ru/project/23-48-00004/The study was supported by the Russian Science Foundation grant, project No. 23-48-00004 “The Chinese Eastern Railway as a transboundary socio-cultural system: history of construction, reconstruction and modeling of mechanisms for protecting cultural heritage”, https://rscf.ru/project/23-48-00004/Ablazhey, N.N. Sibirskoe oblastnichestvo v emigratsii [Siberian regionalism in emigration]. 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