Russia, China, and the Russian Chinese - The Odyssey

Episode One - The Odyssey (1851-1937) Before World War ii was over, more than 500,000 Russians and Russian-speaking communities lived in China. They existed for some seventy years, an insignificantly short period in the history of any city, even shorter than a human lifespan, and is, at first glance, inadequate for the formation of certain stable traditions and everything that people call the character and soul of a community. But talk with any China-born Russians, and you will see that China remains forever in their hearts, for better or for worse. This is a story of railways, colonies, international settlements, wars of all kinds, the rivalry between the two largest communist countries, boats, paintings, churches, bread, a musician’s journey crossing the entire Chinese plain, and the lives of the ordinary people who lived through it. On this journey, we will take a walk in the streets of old Beijing or Peiping, old Manchuria, Manchukuo, old Xinjiang, British and French concessions in Shanghai, British and Japanese Hong Kong, a small island in the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and California. Episodes two and three are coming up. If you’d like to know what would happen next, please consider subscribing. #Russia #China #communism 0:00 Intro 8:53 The Fall of Two Empires 12:46 Murder of the Romanov family 15:24 August 1918 Assassinating Lenin 17:06 Harbin Russians and Chinese Eastern Railway 21:15 Honghuzi Attacks 23:19 Russian Civil War and the Czechoslovak Legion 32:27 Xinjiang Russians 1 36:02 China Warlord Era and White Russian soldiers 37:02 Chiang Kai Shek and Puyi 41:00 ROC denounces Tsarist regime 45:29 Sino-Soviet Conflict 1929 and its impact 48:52 Xinjiang Russians 2 52:40 1931 USSR Famine 57:38 Sven Hedin’s expedition to Xinjiang 1:00:55 Russia’s approach to Xinjiang 1:01:59 Xinjiang’s dependency on the Soviet Union 1:03:30 Espionage war between Reds and Whites 1:05:09 Princess Der Ling, Puyi, and Manchukuo 1:08:11 Warlord Zhang Xueliang accuses Japan of separating Manchuria 1:10:13 Japan’s anti-Russian sentiment and Russo-Japanese War 1:17:25 Harbin under Japanese rule 1:22:16 Harbin Operation NKVD 1:26:13 Purge of White Russians in Xinjiang 1:29:30 George’s journey in Harbin, Mukden, Beijing, Qingdao, and Shanghai 1:32:06 Shanghai Russians 1:43:08 Outro All of the historical footage used in this project can be found in the credits. “Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.“ Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): License code: DFJBF7HWKG4REE6Z Finding Movement by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: Artist: Eastminster by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: Artist: