«Монгольский», «урянхайский», «баргинский» вопросы в трудах российского востоковеда Евгения Александровича Белова

Yuri V. Kuzmin; Victoria А. Vasilenko

doi:10.25178/nit.2021.3.3

Authors

Yuri V. Kuzmin Baikal State University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6963-0436
Victoria А. Vasilenko All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-8026

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2021.3.3

Keywords:

Evgeny Aleksandrovich Belov; Tuva; Mongolia; «The Mongolian question»; «The Uriankhai question»; «The Barga question»; Russian diplomacy; history of diplomacy; history of Tuvan studies; history of Mongolian studies

Abstract

This article is the first historiographical study of the works of the Russian Orientalist Evgeny Aleksandrovich Belov. Most scholars dealing with the history of relations between Russia, China, and Mongolia on the «Mongolian», «Urianhai» and «Barga» issues cite Belov’s works – yet there are no dedicated papers to examine his contributions to the field.

Indeed, their real value lies in Belov’s in-depth study of the archival materials from the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire, Russian State Historical Archive, Russian State Military Historical Archive, to name only a few. In a new way, the researcher considered the issues of the development of the pan-Mongolian movement in the region, the reaction of the Chinese public to the Russian policy in solving the «Mongolian question», and the end of Outer Mongolia’s autonomy in 1919.

This article examines how Belov’s assessments were different from convenient approaches to moot issues. We provide an outline of his contributions to recreating key historical narratives for studying the diplomatic history of Russia, China and Mongolia at the beginning of the 20^th century.

Belov can also be seen as the «discoverer» of the history of the «Barga question» that arose after the events of 1911. In his study of the «Uriankhai question», the researcher was one of the first to consider what happened at the revision of the Chuguchak protocol at the end of the 19^th century. He gave a convincing refutation of the point of view of his Chinese colleagues, who emphasize the forceful nature of establishing a protectorate over Tuva.

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