scholarly journals Burgeoning Sino-Russian Economic Relations and the Russian Far East: Prospects and Challenges

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Çağrı Erdem
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Chinese Economy ◽  
Western World ◽  
Rise Of China ◽  
The Russian Far East

The colossal economic transformations and political intrusions had been affecting brutally China and the Soviet Union in the final decades of the twentieth century. Currently, Russia is a gigantic power, struggling to rebuild its economic base in an era of globalization. There are a number of significant difficulties of guaranteeing a stable domestic order due to demographic shifts, economic changes, and institutional weaknesses. On the other hand, the economic rise of China has attracted a great deal of attention and labeled as a success story by the Western world. The current growth of the Chinese economy is of immense importance for the global economy. Both nations are part of the world’s largest and fastest-growing emerging markets—member of the BRIC. Their respective GDPs are growing at an impressive rate by any global standards. Relations between China and Russia have evolved dramatically throughout the twentieth century. However, it would be fair to argue that during the past decade China and Russia have made a number of efforts to strengthen bilateral ties and improve cooperation on a number of economic/political/diplomatic fronts. The People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation maintain exceptionally close and friendly relations, strong geopolitical and regional cooperation, and significant levels of trade. This paper will explore the burgeoning economic and political relationships between the two nations and place the Russian Far East in the context of Russia's bilateral relations with China in order to examine the political, economic, and security significance of the region for both sides.

scholarly journals Book Reviews

Sibirica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-99
Author(s):  
Ryan T. Jones ◽  
Anna Bara ◽  
Galina V Grosheva ◽  
Ekaterina Gruzdeva ◽  
Peter Schweitzer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
National Park ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
North Texas ◽  
University Of North Texas ◽  
Park Service ◽  
Hunting Culture ◽  
The Russian Far East

A World Trimmed with Fur: Wild Things and the Natural Fringes of Qing Rule Jonathan Schlesinger (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2017), 288 pp. ISBN: 9780804799966Ethnic and Religious Minorities in Stalin’s Soviet Union: New Dimensions of Research Andrej Kotljarchuk and Olle Sundström, eds. (Stockholm: Elanders, 2017), 283 pp., paperback $27.00. ISBN: 978-91-7601-777-7.Kosmologiia i praktika sibirskogo shamanizma Elena V. Nam (Tomsk: Tomskii gosudarstvennyi universitet, 2017), 296 pp. ISBN: 978-5-7511-2521-9.Kul’tura i resursy. Opyt etnologicheskogo obsledovaniia sovremennogo polozheniia narodov Severnogo Sakhalina Dmitrii Funk, ed. (Moscow: “Demos,” 2015), 272 pp. ISBN 978-5-9904710-6-1.Maritime Hunting Culture of Chukotka: Traditions and Modern Practices Igor Krupnik and Rachel Mason, eds. (Anchorage, AK: National Park Service, Shared Beringian Heritage Program, 2016), 343 pp. ISBN: 9780990725251. Litsom k moriu: Pamiati Liudmily Bogoslovskoi Igor Krupnik, ed. (Moscow: Moskva, 2016), 647 pp. ISBN 9785600013650.T-Bone Whacks and Caviar Snacks: Cooking with Two Texans in Siberia and the Russian Far East Sharon Hudgins (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2018), 448 pp. ISBN: 9781574417142.Bij de Joekagieren. Het oudste toendravolk van Noord-Oost Siberië / Life with the Yukaghir: Northeast Siberia’s Oldest Tundra People Cecilia Odé (Lias, Uitgeverij: Verschijningsjass, 2018), 240 pp., €29.95 (paperback). ISBN: 978-90-8803-099-4.

scholarly journals Depopulation of the Russian far East. Magadan Oblast: A Case Study

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Wites
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Spatial Differentiation ◽  
Magadan Oblast ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Lower Lever ◽  
Administrative Units ◽  
The Russian Far East

Abstract The paper presents spatial differentiation and causes of depopulation processes that began in Magadan Oblast in the Russian Far East after the fall of the Soviet Union. In the region under investigation, depopulation is very intensive. The analysis of changes in population in the lower-lever administrative units allows for showing the differences in spatial distribution of depopulation in individual regions [“rayons”]. During the research surveys, allowing for a fuller understanding of the conditions and the process of depopulation, were conducted.

scholarly journals Regionalisms and Imperialisms in the Making of the Russian Far East, 1903–1926

Slavic Review ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 333-357
Author(s):  
Ivan Sablin ◽  
Daniel Sukhan
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
North Asia ◽  
The Russian Empire ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
The Russian Far East

Tracing the emergence of the Russian Far East as a new region of the Russian Empire, revolutionary Russia, and the Soviet Union through regionalist and imperialist discourses and policies, this article briefly discusses Russian expansion in the Pacific littoral, outlines the history of regionalism in North Asia during the revolutionary and early Soviet periods, and focuses on the activities of the Far Eastern Council of People's Commissars (Dal΄sovnarkom), the Far Eastern Republic (FER), and the Far Eastern Revolutionary Committee (Dal΄'revkom). Inspired by Siberian regionalism and other takes on post-imperial decentralization, the Bolshevik Aleksandr Mikhailovich Krasnoshchekov and other regional politicians became the makers of the new region from within. Meanwhile, the legacies of the empire's expansionism, the Bolshevik “new imperialism” in Asia, and the Japanese military presence in the region during the Russian Civil War accompanied the consolidation of the Russian Far East.

scholarly journals Editorial

Sibirica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. v-vi
Author(s):  
Ryan Tucker Jones
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
Military Officer ◽  
Scholarly Literature ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Special Collection ◽  
The Russian Far East

Vladimir Klavdeevich Arsen’ev is one of the best-known figures of the Russian Far East, and yet the scholarly literature — particularly in English — on his historical significance is surprisingly thin. Literary scholars, drawn by Arsen’ev’s famous novel Dersu Uzala, and cinema scholars, intrigued by Akira Kurosawa’s masterful film adaptation of that work, have most critically engaged with the Russian polymath’s work (Arsen’ev was, after all, a military officer, an explorer, an author, an ethnographer, a bureaucrat, and more). Much more rarely have scholars assessed Arsen’ev’s important role as an actor in and commentator on Russian colonization in the Far East. This special collection of articles in Sibirica makes a start at that assessment, identifying several areas where a study of Arsen’ev’s life and writings can illuminate important aspects of the region’s early twentieth-century history.

The Changing Face of the Russian Far East: Cooperation and Resource Competition Between Japan, Korea, and China in Northeast Asia

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 441-460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Kangas
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Resource Competition ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
The West ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Security Concerns ◽  
The Russian Far East

AbstractWhen significant changes take place in one part of the world, it is to be expected that effects will be felt elsewhere. Particularly in an era of increasing globalization, as regions and countries become inextricably linked to each other, what takes place in one region will be felt in another. This is clearly the case with the Greater Middle East (GME). As this region expands in scope and composition, those areas on the borders must deal with the consequences. For example, much attention is placed on European reactions to and relations with the GME. Whether it is it terms of energy transfers, European Union programs regarding a "dialogue with Islam," or NATO's "Mediterranean Dialogue," there is a strong sense that Europeans must remain engaged with the region. However, can the same be said for states to the East particularly in the Far East? Is there a connection, and if so, how does this region relate to the GME? In short, why should someone examining the intricacies of state and societal development in the GME care about what takes place in the Russian Far East? There are several reasons that will be assessed in this article. First, the uncertainty of resource management and exploitation in the GME does mean that states in the Far East need to evaluate their own resource capabilities and needs. Developments within the GME necessitate a more thorough evaluation of what exists in the Far East for the countries in the region. Second, this sense of resource needs is in contrast to a political reality in the region: the major states have their own national security concerns located in other areas, thus creating a political and security "void." Russia, for example, gives higher priority to the West (Europe) and the South (Middle East). China remains committed to security concerns to the Southeast (Taiwan) and increasingly to the West (Central Asia and South Asia). Are the states in question devoting enough attention to the area that intersects them all? Third, if the states in the region believe that regional cooperation is important to address the first part above, the realities of the second part will most likely dampen any chance at true cooperation and regional development. How to overcome these problems and prevent the region from becoming a true "void" is the challenge of the states in the Far East today and in the future. A proper analysis of these security issues requires that one examine the perceptions held within the region, the capabilities and limitations of the respective governments, and an understanding of how these geopolitical differences have played out in the past.

Voices of Hunters on Socialist Modernisation: From a Case Study of the Udehe in the Russian Far East

Inner Asia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-197
Author(s):  
Shiro Sasaki
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
The Soviet Union ◽  
Indigenous Minorities ◽  
Hunting Culture ◽  
The Russian Far East

AbstractIn this paper I discuss how different the socialist modernisation of the equipment and techniques of indigenous hunters in Siberia and the Russian Far East was from the 'snowmobile revolution' in Finland and Alaska, and what the results of this modernisation were. In this discussion I analyse hunters' performance and narratives observed and collected in my field research on the hunting culture of the Udehe, one of the indigenous minorities in the Primor'e region in Russia. As a result, I conclude that socialist modernisation had delocalised the fundamental materials for hunting activities such as fuel, equipment for transportation and weapons. However, the serious techno-economic differentiation that had been observed in the case of the Saami in Finland seldom occurred among the indigenous hunters, because socialist egalitarian policies and standardisation of products often provided equal access to the modernised equipment. Especially in the case of the Bikin River basin, where I did my field research, differentiation between the Russian and indigenous hunters was not observed. However, the delocalisation of the fundamental equipment and materials thoroughly deprived them of the alternatives that consisted of the more traditional and pre-modern equipment and techniques. This factor seriously influenced their social and economic conditions after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

scholarly journals RUSSIA AND EAST ASIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

2014 ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
A. A. Kireeva
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Regional Cooperation ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
World Politics ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
The Us ◽  
Rise Of China ◽  
Asean Countries

The article focuses on major dimensions, achievements, challenges and prospects of relations between Russia and East Asia. Strategic importance of the region is shaped by East Asia's increasing role in world politics and economy as well as by its appeal for Russia's modernization agenda. Russia's great power status rests upon the effectiveness of its East Asian policy and development model of Siberia and the Russian Far East. Russia's positions in East Asia have improved substantially over the 2000s. However, its involvement in regional economic interaction is still insignificant and Russia cannot be regarded as a full-fledged regional player in this domain. Russian-Chinese strategic partnership has been the axis of Russia's East Asian foreign policy, though overdependence on China threatens Russia's independent policy in the region and encourages Russia to search for ways to diversify its ties. Russia's national interests reside in multivector policy, aimed at developing substantive relations not only with China but also with Japan, South Korea, ASEAN (Vietnam in the first place) and India along with Russia's involvement in the resolution of Korean nuclear crisis. The rise of China and the US counter-offensive have resulted in a changing strategic environment in East Asia. A need for balancing between the US and China has brought about ASEAN countries' desire to welcome Russia as a "balancer" or an "honest player" in the region. It corresponds with Russia's course on playing a greater role in regional cooperation and integration. Russia's improving ties in political, economic, energy and security dimensions have the potential to contribute to the stability of the emerging polycentric regional order in East Asia and development of Russia's regions of Siberia and the Far East.

Tax debt as a threat to the economic security of the Russian Far East

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-242
Author(s):  
V.A. Yakimova ◽  
A.A. Orekhova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Consumer Price Index ◽  
Far East ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Correlation And Regression Analysis ◽  
Debt Collection ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
The Russian Far East

Subject. The article addresses the tax liabilities of taxpayers registered in the subjects of the Far Eastern Federal District, which should be paid to the consolidated budget of the Russian Federation, as well as the factors of the said debt growth. Objectives. Our aim is to assess the level of tax debt of regions of the Russian Far East and identify the correlation between the factors and the amount of tax debt. Methods. The study rests on methods of analysis, generalization, grouping, systematization, and the correlation and regression analysis. Results. We analyzed the level of tax debt for the entire Far Eastern Federal District and by region, identified factors affecting the growth of tax debt therein. The paper assesses the structure of tax debt by type of taxes and activity of debtors. The unveiled factors may help control changes in the size of tax debt in the Russian Far East and develop effective measures to improve the debt collection. Conclusions. The study shows that there is an increase in the tax debt in the regions of the Russian Far East, in the VAT in particular. The factor analysis revealed that the volume of sales of wholesale enterprises, investment in fixed capital, the consumer price index have the largest impact on the amount of tax debt.

New records and rare alien species in the flora of the Russian Far East

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Z.V. Kozhevnikova ◽  
◽  
A.E. Kozhevnikov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Alien Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
The Russian Far East

New invasive species Acanthoscelides pallidipennis (Motschulsky, 1874) (Coleoptera: Bruchidae) in the fauna of the Russian Far East

2018 ◽  
Vol 360 ◽  
pp. 25-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Kuprin ◽  
◽  
N.A. Kolyada ◽  
D.G. Kasatkin ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
The Russian Far East
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