Archival materials on Chinese migration to the Russian Far East and Siberia in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and during the establishment of the Republic of China, influenced by both domestic and foreign influences, large numbers of Chinese traveled to the Far East and Siberia of Russia to earn a living. The Chinese in Russia have played a certain role in the development of Sino-Russian relations, the development of the Far East and the development of border towns. This article is intended to assess the role of materials from modern foreign and Chinese archives that raise the problem of Chinese migration in scientific research on the history of the Chinese nation as a whole. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and during the establishment of the Republic of China, influenced by both domestic and foreign influences, large numbers of Chinese traveled to the Far East and Siberia of Russia to earn a living. The Chinese in Russia have played a certain role in the development of Sino-Russian relations, the development of the Far East and the development of border towns. This article is intended to assess the role of materials from modern foreign and Chinese archives that raise the problem of Chinese migration in scientific research on the history of the Chinese nation as a whole. The objectives of the study were: to characterize the contribution of Chinese migrants to the development of a new country to live in, as well as a genetic homeland; a list and a brief description of the main sources of information on the topic “Chinese in Russia”; substantiation of the need for a deeper study of this scientific problem The text of the work lists some scientific works of researchers who organized field trips to those territories of Russia in different periods, which are characterized by a large distribution of Chinese migrants. The author of this work substantiates the need for accumulation, collection, systematization of materials on this topic. Among the options for organizing documentation, the article indicates the creation of a specialized database on the platforms of universities, which will also radically affect the popularization of this problem in scientific circles and will give impetus for further research. The author of the work identifies those facts of the life of Chinese migrants that it seems possible to study from official papers, newspaper and magazine articles and notes, scientific literature, information from expeditionary records. In addition, the article offers a list of those territories that today remain outside the focus of scientific attention of researchers.