Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Vanhu vakawanda vokuChina vaigara uye vaishanda muSiberia pakapera Umambo hweRussia. Vakawanda vevashandi ava vaibva kune dzimwe nyika vakaendeswa kunharaunda yeEurope yeRussia uye kuUral munguva yeHondo Yenyika I nemhaka yokushomeka kukuru kwevashandi ikoko. Somuenzaniso, pakazosvika 1916 kwaiva nevashandi vechiChinese vanenge 5.000 muNovgorod Governorate. Muna 1916-1917 vashandi vechiChinese vanenge 2.000 vakashandiswa mukuvakwa kwenzvimbo dzokuchengetedza dzeRussia dzakapoteredza Gulf of Finland. Vazhinji vavo vaiva mbavha dzakapiwa mhosva ("honghuzi", "Red Beards", transliterated muRussia se "khunkhuzy", хунхузы) vakatamisirwa kubva "katorga" basa mumisasa muHarbin uye dzimwe nzvimbo dziri Far Eastern kumatunhu Russian Empire. Pashure peRussian Revolution, vamwe vavo vakagara muFinland ndokutora rutivi savazvipiri muRussian Revolution.
Hondo yevagari vemo yeFinland parutivi rwemakomonisiti. Pashure pa1917 vazhinji vaava vashandi veChinese vakabatana neRed Army. Vazhinjisa zvikurusa vavaChinese ava vakanga vasina rutivi mune zvamatongerwe enyika uye vakava varwi bedzi kuti vawane maruramiro savashandi munyika yokumwe.