On the synonymy of some taxa of the genus Xylena Hübner (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4350 (3) ◽  
pp. 583
Author(s):  
AIDAS SALDAITIS ◽  
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN ◽  
BALÁZS BENEDEK
Keyword(s):  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Morphological Comparison ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Chinese Populations ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Russian Altai

Xylena czernilai Volynkin, 2011 was described on the base of a single male from the Russian Altai Mts. (Volynkin 2011). Later, two externally similar taxa, Xylena alexander Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 and Xylena andreas Benedek, Babics & Saldaitis, 2013 were described from Sichuan province, China each on the base of a single female (Benedek et al. 2013). In the same year, a female of X. czernilai was described by Volynkin & Knyazev (2013). The female genitalia of X. czernilai are surprisingly similar to those of the both Chinese species therefore we decided to use a DNA analysis to clarify the status of these three taxa. For the analysis we sampled a female of X. czernilai from the Russian Altai, a male of X. czernilai from the Russian Far East and the holotypes of X. alexander and X. andreas. The analysis of COI barcodes of the sampled specimens has shown that X. alexander and X. andreas are conspecific (the difference is 0.15 %), and their COI sequences differ from those of X. czernilai in 0.93 % only. Such difference is too small to treat Chinese populations as a distinct species (for example, the difference between X. czernilai and its closest relative X. vetusta (Hübner, [1813]) is 4.61% . The detailed morphological comparison of czernilai and vetusta has been given by Volynkin (2011) (Fig. 1) therefore here we synonymize X. alexander and X. andreas with X. czernilai. 

Soviet Koreans in Uzbekistan in the First Year after Deportation in 1937

2021 ◽  
pp. 213-226
Author(s):  
Alexander Kim ◽  
Mariia Surzhik ◽  
Aleksei Mamychev
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Korean Population ◽  
Old Regime ◽  
Primorye Region ◽  
Chinese Populations ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Red Army ◽  
The Russian Federation

Koreans had lived on the southern territory of the modern Russian Far East before the arrival of Russian pathfinders in these lands. Therefore, they are an indigenous population of the modern Primorye region in the Russia, although, in the nineteenth century the number of Koreans was relatively small in the south of the Russian Far East. Russian Koreans supported the October Revolution and the fight of the Red Army against the old regime for several reasons. Bolsheviks put forward two principles of the new government—land for peasants and equality of peoples. These principles found a response in the broad mass of the Korean and Chinese populations in the Far East. After their victory, the Bolsheviks kept their promises. An area for ethnic Koreans, called Posiet, in the territory of the Primorye region was created, and Koreans resided in 28 districts in three areas of the modern Primorye region. A Korean Education College was created in Nikolsk Ussuriysk-city (modern Ussuriysk-city), as well as Korean language schools, a national theater, Korean-Chinese printers and so on. Korean families usually have many children, so the Korean population in Russia grew at a fast pace. This Korean population fell victim to the policies of deportation, which were applied to many of the non-Russian peoples of the Far East under Stalin. For many decades such deportations were denied, and then when admitted, the documentary materials surrounding them were unavailable. However, in the 1980s with the development of greater accessibility to archives held by the Russian Federation, the stories of such difficult historical moments are once again visible and reachable. This Research Note, in particular, explores the archival material that exists in the Gosudarstvennyi Arkhiv Rossiiskoi Federatsii (GARF, Государственный архив Российской Федерации, State Archive of the Russian Federation) relating to the deportation of Koreans of Primorye to Uzbekistan.

New Oligaphorura species (Collembola: Onychiuridae) from the forests of East Asia

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4661 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-270
Author(s):  
XIN SUN ◽  
YU. B. SHVEENKOVA ◽  
ZHIJING XIE ◽  
A. B. BABENKO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Body Size ◽  
East Asia ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Distinct Species ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Altai Mountains ◽  
Three New Species

Three new species of the genus Oligaphorura are described from southwestern China (O. wanglangensis sp. nov.) and Russian Far East (O. ussurica sp. nov. and O. kedroviensis sp. nov.). The first species is most similar to O. inya (Weiner & Kaprus’, 2014) known from the Altai Mountains, and can be distinguished from the latter by larger body size and the number of ventral psx (00/000/121101m in O. wanglangensis sp. nov. vs 1/000/212101m in O. inya). The other two species, together with O. montana Weiner, 1994, O. pseudomontana Sun & Wu, 2012 and O. chankaensis Sun & Wu, 2012, form a distinct species-group characterized by the presence of 4+4 pso on antennal base and full-sized anal spines. Both these new species differ from the known congeners of this group by having only 2+2 posterior pso on the head. O. ussurica sp. nov. and O. kedroviensis sp. nov. can be separated due to different number of abdominal pso, i.e. 5(6)5554 in the former vs 44454 in the latter species.

scholarly journals Human-Biometeorological Assessment of Urban Structures in Extreme Climate Conditions: The Example of Birobidzhan, Russian Far East

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Paul Bauche ◽  
Elena A. Grigorieva ◽  
Andreas Matzarakis
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Climate Conditions ◽  
Urban Structures ◽  
Human Thermal Comfort ◽  
Extreme Climate ◽  
The Difference

The study shows the effect of urban structures on human thermal comfort indices in the extreme climate region of the Russian Far East, with an annual temperature range of . The study examines different urban zones in Birobidzhan, the capital city of the Jewish Autonomous Region (JAR). The climate of this region can be characterized as continental monsoon climate. The difference of thermal values for three zones with different vegetation and build-up density shows the influence of urban planning on the local microclimate. The moderating effect of dense build-up and inner city vegetation on extreme thermal conditions becomes clear when comparing all zones. Through the analysis of daily and monthly timelines it was possible to determine preferable times of the day for inner city outdoor activities. From the results derived from PET with a total of 170 days per year with PET values below Birobidzhan can be considered a region of extreme cold stress. This means that an adaptation based solely on behaviour and clothing is not sufficient, but an adaptation of the urban surroundings and therefore the identification and choice of preferable urban structures is necessary.

scholarly journals THE STATUS AND CHALLENGES OF SINO-RUSSIAN FAR EAST COOPERATION

ASJ. ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (43) ◽  
pp. 12-15
Author(s):  
W. Ying
Keyword(s):  
Bilateral Trade ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
National Level ◽  
Far East ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Trade Volume ◽  
Protection Mechanism ◽  
Energy Trade ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Far East

The legal basis for Sino-Russian cooperation in the Russian Far East is gradually being improved. The transition from the national level to the regional level has made cooperation more targeted. The main areas of cooperation between China and Russia in the Far East are mineral resource development, forests, energy, trade, and transportation. In 2018, the bilateral trade volume reached 107.06 billion U.S. dollars, of which the trade volume between Russia and Northeast China exceeded 23.5 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 21% of ChinaRussia bilateral trade, an increase of 4% compared with 2017. The main challenges facing both China and Russia are the need to improve the business environment in Russia, the need to improve the protection mechanism of foreign investors’ rights and interests in Russia, and the need to change the alertness of Russia. The challenge for China is that there is a large gap in investment strength with Russia. Before cooperation The local laws of Russia should be studied carefully, and the state should gradually improve the protection mechanism for investors.

scholarly journals Registration of the Legal Status of Korean Migrants in Russia in the 80s 19th Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 95-101
Author(s):  
E.S. Burdin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Diplomatic Relations ◽  
Territorial Unit ◽  
The Status ◽  
Russian Law ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
The Russian Far East

After the start of Korean migration to Russia in 1864, the Russian authorities began to make attempts to formalize the legal status of the arrived migrants in order to protect them from persecution by the Korean government and its patron China. Areas of compact residence of Korean immigrants were separated into a separate administrative-territorial unit – Suifun District, where the post of “head of Koreans” was established. Separate elements of local self-government were introduced in the Korean settlements. After the establishment of official diplomatic relations with Korea in 1884, the problem of the legal status of Korean migrants in Russia became one of the important topics on the agenda of Russian-Korean negotiations. Due to its decision, Petersburg wanted to stop the uncontrolled transfer of the population from Korea to the Russian Far East and prevent the unauthorized seizure of state lands by Korean settlers. In 1888, the Russian authorities managed to partially resolve the issue of citizenship of the Korean settlers who settled in Russia. From now on, measures to formalize their legal status were carried out on the basis of the norms of the Russian-Korean convention on border relations of 1888, as well as an oral (gentleman's) agreement between K.I. Weber and Kim Yun Sik. An agreement was reached that the Koreans who settled in Russia before the establishment of Russian-Korean diplomatic relations were recognized as equal with Russian subjects. Migrants who settled in the region after the conclusion of this agreement were to liquidate their farms and return to their homeland. The issue of the status of Korean immigrants was finally settled only in 1900. Russian citizenship was granted to all migrants, including those who resettled after 1884. The author comes to the conclusion that the Far Eastern authorities initially perceived the Korean settlers who settled in the South Ussuriysk Territory as subjects of Russia, but could not provide them with all the benefits in accordance with Russian law, since such a step could cause protests from Korea and China.

First Archivists in the Russian Far East

2018 ◽  
pp. 331-342
Author(s):  
Natalia V. Khisamutdinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Archival Studies ◽  
Eastern State ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Russian Far East

The article studies the creation of the first archival organization in Primorye, the Primorye Regional Archival Committee. It was due to the efforts of professors of the history and philology faculty (later, part of the Far Eastern State University), one of the first higher education institutions in the Russian Far East, established in Vladivostok in 1918 by the inteligentsia escaping the Civil War. The article attempts to identify and systematize the scattered papers of departmental archives in order to promote the development of the archiving and the study of the region. The research has revealed several factors that contributed to the emergence of archiving in the Far East, one of them large-scale migration during the Civil War with predominance of educated and enterprising people. After receiving the status of scientific institution, the Primorye Regional Archival Committee (later, the Primorye Province Archival Bureau) reviewed, collected, and described documents in major departmental archives of the region, thus laying the foundation of archiving in the Russian Far East, and, moreover, identified historical artifacts, thus providing a headstart for archaeologists and ethnographers. The first archivists laid down professional foundations for archival studies in the Far East. Their methodological recommendations published in the Bulletin of the Primorie Regional Archival Committee (Izvestiya Primorskoi oblastnoi arkhivnoi komissii) or separately haven’t yet lost their significance. Promulgation of archiving and public involvement in the search for valuable historical records and objects provide an example of skill and efficacy. These activities were all the more significant since they started on a voluntary basis, with no official support or funding. The article draws on publications and materials from the personal archive of A. P. Georgievsky (1888–1955), archivist and educator. New materials help to clarify the first archivists’ biographical data and to assess the significance of their activities in identifying and collecting data about the history of the Far East and for further development of its archives.

Socio-economic functions of priority development areas and their implementation in the ecosystem of the Russian Far East

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-528
Author(s):  
Vilena A. YAKIMOVA ◽  
Sergei V. KHMURA
Keyword(s):  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur Oblast ◽  
Primorsky Krai ◽  
Khabarovsk Krai ◽  
Fixed Assets ◽  
Development Regime ◽  
The Status ◽  
Labor Resources ◽  
The Russian Far East

Subject. We investigate the functions of priority development areas created in the subjects of the Russian Far East. Objectives. The study aims to determine the functional purpose of such areas and assess how they fulfill their socio-economic functions. Methods. We employ methods of generalization, systematization, sampling and grouping of socio-economic indicators of organizations and sole proprietors that have been granted the status of residents of priority development areas, methods of statistical, economic, correlation, and regression analysis. Results. The analysis shows that the regions of the Russian Far East have been intensively developing over the recent years. This leads to changes in the volume of investment, GRP and its structure, fixed assets, and created jobs. The paper identifies the main functions of priority development areas and includes findings on their implementation. Conclusions. At the initial stage of advanced development regime, there have been positive trends associated with a growth in investment inflows (Amur Oblast, Primorsky Krai), increased labor resources and employment expansion (Primorsky Krai, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), export orientation of projects (Amur Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai), production ramp-up in manufacturing (Primorsky and Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Oblast), modernization and renewal of fixed assets (Sakhalin Oblast, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

scholarly journals Genetic Variation of Korean Pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.) at Allozyme and RAPD Markers in Korea, China and Russia

2005 ◽  
Vol 54 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 235-246 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. S. Kim ◽  
J. W. Hwang ◽  
S. W. Lee ◽  
C. Yang ◽  
P. G. Gorovoy
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Gene Flow ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
The Other ◽  
Pinus Koraiensis ◽  
Korean Pine ◽  
Allozyme Diversity ◽  
Chinese Populations ◽  
Allozyme Loci

AbstractWe studied and compared genetic variation of Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.) from 12 natural populations in Korea, China, and Russian Far East using allozymes and random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs). Eighteen polymorphic allozyme loci and 38 polymorphic RAPD fragments were analyzed. The level of allozyme diversity (A = 1.95, P95= 46.8%, Ho= 0.158, He= 0.169) and the degree of genetic differentiation (FST= 0.069) were comparable to those of other pines with similar life histories and ecological traits. Allozyme (He) as well as RAPD (Shannon’s index) variation decreased from south (Korea) to north (Russia), providing an evidence for the hypothesis of Korean pine’s northward migration. Differentiations among three different regions (Korea, China, and Russia) as well as among populations within regions were small. Substantial gene flow (Nm= 3.4) may be a partial explanation to this result. Clustering algorithms using various genetic distance measures showed some decisive geographic patterns at allozyme and RAPD level: the geographically close populations tended to be clustered together. On the other hand, two Chinese populations, Xobukho and Wangging, were grouped with the Russian populations rather than with the other Chinese populations. The Xiaoxing’anling and other mountains extended from north to south seemed to function as a barrier against gene flow between the Xobukho and Wangging (located east of the mountains) and the other Chinese P. koraiensis populations (located west of the mountains). The genetic diversities and differentiation estimated from RAPD data in Korean pine were congruent with those of allozymes.

scholarly journals Four new Cyclopina (Copepoda, Cyclopinidae) from South Korea

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 992 ◽  
pp. 59-104
Author(s):  
Tomislav Karanovic
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Intraspecific Variability ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sandy Beaches ◽  
South Coast ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Single Male ◽  
Close Relatives

Copepods are well studied in South Korea, with the exception of marine non-parasitic cyclopoids, and especially cyclopinids; only three species were found so far here, and only one of them is endemic. A survey of intertidal interstitial faunas from sandy beaches revealed four endemic members of the genus Cyclopina Claus, 1863, which represents the first record of the largest cyclopinid genus in South Korea. A detailed study of their morphology revealed numerous differences, including in rarely studied cuticular organs. Some of these micro-characters could easily be homologised and showed little intraspecific variability, which might prove invaluable for matching sexes and reconstructing phylogenetic relationships. Cyclopina busanensissp. nov. is described from both sexes collected near Busan (South Coast of South Korea), and is most similar to the only congener from Japan: C. kiraensis Horomi, 1984. Cyclopina koreanasp. nov. is described from both sexes collected near Gangneung (East Coast), and has no close relatives among currently known species. Cyclopina curtijejusp. nov. is described from two females from Jeju (off South Coast); it is possibly closely related to C. smirnovi Herbst, 1982, but the latter is known from a single male from the Russian Far East. Cyclopina widosp. nov. is described from both sexes from Wido (West Coast), and shows numerous reductions in segmentation and armature of appendages, most of them probably a consequence of its diminutive size. A table of 26 discrete and continuous characters commonly used in the taxonomy of this group is provided for 48 valid species and subspecies of Cyclopina.

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