The Corpus of Sources on the Problem of Interaction of Russia and the Mongolian Peoples in Medicine and Health Protection (Last Third of the 19<sup>th</sup> - First Half of the 20<sup>th</sup> Centuries): A Structural Source Analysis
The article offers classification and analysis of historical sources on the problem of interaction between Russian medicine and traditional Mongolian communities of Inner and Central Asia in the period when Russia rigorously pursued its foreign policy in the region. Published and unpublished sources are grouped and assessed from the viewpoint of information value and objectivity; their role in the shaping of scientific knowledge about the specifics of Russian health protection policy and its transboundary impact on the Mongolian communities is highlighted.