Russian historiography of the Xinhai Revolution

Abstract

Considerable interest in Russian historical research on the Xinhai Revolution concerned its influence on the subsequent development of the country. Russian researchers have been engaged for over 100 years in studying the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Soviet and Russian academics have published more than 100 monographs, articles, and document collections. The main purpose of this article is an analysis of trends in Russian historiography of the Xinhai Revolution during different periods, so as to reveal the salient features of the reflected perspectives on the Revolution in China.

Keywords:

• Xinhai Revolution
• Russian historiography
• China studies

Notes

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²A.V. Meliksetov, “The Historical Place of the National Revolution of 1925–1927 in China,” 161.

³Bereznyĭ, “On the Main Stages of the Revolutionary Process in China”, 86.

⁴Ibid., 86–87.

⁵L.S. Vasil'ev, History of the East (Moscow: High School, 2003). I.M. D'iakonov, Journeys in History: From Ancient Man to the Present Day (Moscow: Komkniga, 2007).

⁶A.V. Meliksetov, ed., History of China. A textbook for university student (Moscow: Publishing House of Moscow University, 1998).

⁷S. L. Tikhvinskii, ed., Chinese Modern History (Moscow: Science, 1972).

⁸A.V. Meliksetov, ed., History of China, 367.

⁹Ibid., 377.

¹⁰Ibid., 378

¹¹Ibid.

¹²E.A. Belov, A Concise History of the Xinhai Revolution, 1911–1913: A Study Guide (Moscow: Publishing House Eastern Literature, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2001), 18–19.

¹³Ibid.

¹⁴Ibid., 33–43.

¹⁵Ibid., 151.

¹⁶Ibid., 136–40.

¹⁷Ibid., 151.

¹⁸S.L. Tikhvinskiĭ, Selected Works. Volume 2: History of Chinese in the First Quarter of the 20th Century. Doctor Sun Yat-sen Overthrew the Manchu Dynasty (Moscow: Science, 2006).

¹⁹S.L. Tikhvinskiĭ, The Last Testament of a Chinese Revolutionary (Moscow: Publishing House of Military Political Literature, 1986).

²⁰A.N. Khokhlov, “Sun Yat-sen and his Plans for Railroad Construction in China,” Problems of History, no. 5, (2005): 116–27.

²¹V.M. Kriukov, “Last Testament which did not Exist?,” The East, no. 6 (2005): 68.

²²Ibid., 69.

²³V.V. Larin, “On Some Aspects of the Activities of the United Alliance of China in Manchuria on the Eve of the Xinhai Revolution (1907–1911),” Society and State in China 21, no. 2 (1990), 168–172.

²⁴A.S. Kostyaeva, “Xinhai Revolution and Mass Movements in China,” The East, no. 1 (1993), 32–39.

²⁵E.Y. Staburova, Political Parties and Unions in China in the Period of the Xinhai Revolution (Moscow: Science, Main Editing board of Eastern Literature, 1992), 41.

²⁶Ibid., 76.

²⁷Ibid., 112.

²⁸S.I. Rozybakiev, “Xinhai Revolution and Xinjiang (Toward a Statement of Problems),” in The 21st Conference “Society and State in China” Theses (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, 1990), 174.

²⁹Ibid., 173.

³⁰Ibid., 174.

³¹Ibid., 175.

³²V.S. Kuznetsov, “Xinhai Revolution and Muslim Society in China”, in The 23rd Conference “Society and State in China” Theses (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, 1992), 81.

³³V.S. Kuznetsov, “Xinhai Revolution and Muslim Society in China,” in The 19th Conference “Society and State in China” Theses (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, 1998), 75.

³⁴Ibid., 75.

³⁵V.S. Kuznetsov, “Xinhai Revolution in China,” Problems of History, no. 10 (2004), 3–21.

³⁶Y.V. Chudodeev, “Cai E up to the Xinhai Revolution: The Emergence of a Military-Political Leader,” in The 22nd Conference “Society and State in China” Theses (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, 1991), 88–99; Y.V. Chudodeev, “Cai E in the Period of the Xinhai Revolution,” in The 24th Conference “Society and State in China” Theses, Part. 2 (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, 1993), 46–52.

³⁷Y.V. Chudodeev, “Cai E in the Period of the Xinhai Revolution,” 48.

³⁸Ibid., 52.

³⁹A.N. Khokhlov, “Xinhai Revolution in the Mirror of the Russian Press”, in The 27th Conference “Society and State in China” Theses (Moscow: Russian Academy of Sciences, Oriental Institute, 1996), 194.

⁴⁰Ibid., 199–200.

⁴¹Ibid., 200.

⁴²A.G. Larin, Xinhai Revolution in the Mirror of the Russian Press (Moscow: East-Russia-West, 2001), 143.

⁴³Ibid., 145.