Authors
- Wang Hongyi
Annotation
Since the late 19th century, China has shown interest in translating works by Russian political figures. However, a systematic approach to studying the political history of pre-revolutionary Russia began to emerge only in the late 1980s. The relevance of this topic is linked to the growing importance of Sino-Russian humanitarian cooperation
and the need to assess the contribution of Chinese historiography to the study of key political processes of the pre-revolutionary period. The purpose of this article is to analyze the developmental stages and methodological features of Chinese research on Russia’s political history in the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The timeframe under review covers the past 40 years and is conventionally divided into two phases. The first (1980–2010) was marked by reliance on Soviet historiography,
both in methodology and source base. The second phase (from 2011 to the present) has seen an increase in original Chinese research, based on independent interpretation of primary sources. Key areas of study include the Zemstvo and judicial reforms, liberal-constitutional movements, and the development of political ideologies and parties. The article concludes that, despite evident progress, Chinese historiography of Russia’s political history remains underdeveloped and requires further refinement through methodological work and international academic cooperation.
How to link insert
Wang, H. . (2025). THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA (1855–1917) THROUGH THE LENS OF CHINESE HISTORIOGRAPHY Bulletin of the Moscow City Pedagogical University. Series "Pedagogy and Psychology", № 4 (60), 76. https://doi.org/10.24412/2076-9105-2025-460-76-93
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