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Associate Professor Modern Chinese History; Sino-Russian Relations
Areas of Expertise: Modern China (1800-present);
Manchuria (North East China, Korea, Russian Far East);
Chinese urban history;
Russian Emigres
Biography: I started my studies in Russian history and language. Gradually my interests moved to the Russian Far East and then to political/cultural and social interactions between China and Russia. My first work in this area was on the establishment of the frontier…