title: Russian Ambassadors to China at the Turn of the 20th century: Specifics of their Activities in the Qing Empire
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metadata.value: Samoylov, Nikolay A.
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metadata.value: Starovoitova, Elena O.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-11-14T12:47:51Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2022-11-14T12:47:51Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-09
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metadata.value: Samoylov N. A., Starovoitova E. O. Russian Ambassadors to China at the Turn of the 20th century: Specifics of their Activities in the Qing Empire. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, pp. 384–395. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2022.301
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu13.2022.301
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38550
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metadata.value: The article discusses the role of leading Russian diplomats in the development of Sino-Russian
  relations at the turn of the 20th century. It is based on rare archival documents and memoirs
  written by contemporaries of the described events. The article presents and analyzes the assessments
  given to their activities in the publications of Russian, Chinese and Western historians.
  The authors focus their attention on the activities of two ambassadors to China: Arthur
  Cassini and Pavel Lessar, who headed Russian diplomatic mission in the Qing Empire during
  difficult periods of China’s history and the conditions of complicated international situation
  in East Asia. The first of them served there at the time of the Sino-Japanese War, while the
  second — in the period between the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War. The clash
  of interests of the great powers in China at the turn of the 20th century predetermined the
  complex tasks faced by Russian diplomacy. The analysis of the activities of the Russian Envoys
  to China, Cassini and Lessar, demonstrates the significant role of career diplomats at that time
  and proves that Russian diplomats of the late 19th — early 20th centuries were well prepared
  and, even without special education in oriental studies, but having experience of diplomatic
  work in different countries and being able to analyze the contemporary international situation,
  could make correct decisions in hard situations, promoting the prestige of Russia and
  solving the intricate problems of foreign policy.
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metadata.value: This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation project no. 22-28-00858 “Russian
  diplomats in China (second half of the 19th — early 20th Centuries): political and socio-cultural dimensions”,
  https://rscf.ru/en/project/22-28-00858/.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Asian and African Studies;Volume 14; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: China
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Sino-Russian relations
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Russian diplomacy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Cassini
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lessar
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: international relations in the Far East
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Russian Ambassadors to China at the Turn of the 20th century: Specifics of their Activities in the Qing Empire
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metadata.value: Article
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