The Problems of Preservation and Use of Natural Resources of the Soviet Far East in Relations Between the USSR and Japan in 1925–1935
https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2024.93.6.019
Abstract
The article is devoted to the issue of conservation and use of natural resources (primarily forest, oil, fish, coal) in the context of relations between the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire in 1925–1935, which has not been previously considered in historiography. This, as well as the use of unpublished materials from the funds of the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Federation, the State Archive of the Russian Federation, and the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, as sources, testifies to the relevance and scientific novelty of the study. The study used such methods as descriptive, analytical, formal-logical, comparative, historical-archival. The aim of the article is to analyze the specifics of contacts between the USSR and Japan in the context of the problem of preserving and using the natural resources of the Soviet Far East (primarily forest, oil, fish, and coal) in the initial period of formation and development of Soviet-Japanese relations, and especially during their aggravation during the Manchurian crisis from September 1931 to March 1935. The chronological framework of the article is determined, on the one hand, by the conclusion of the Beijing Convention in January 1925 and the establishment of diplomatic relations between the USSR and Japan, and on the other hand, by the end of the Manchurian crisis in connection with the sale (assignment of rights) of the CER by the Soviet Union to Manchukuo (in fact, to Japan) in March 1935. Conclusions are made, including that the issues of preserving and using the natural resources of the Soviet Far East in the context of relations between the USSR and Japan were regulated mainly by concession agreements, as well as trade agreements and fishing conventions; were actively used by both sides to achieve their foreign policy goals and objectives.
About the Author
A. V. Filinov
Moscow City University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Filinov Andrey Vladimirovich - Methodologist of Methodology Department and Advanced Didactics, Institute of Content, Methods and Technologies of Education
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Filinov A.V. The Problems of Preservation and Use of Natural Resources of the Soviet Far East in Relations Between the USSR and Japan in 1925–1935. Surgut State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2024;(6(93)):171-181. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69571/SSPU.2024.93.6.019
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