AMUR RIVER TRANSPORT IN INTERACTION OF THE AMUR REGION (RUSSIA) AND THE HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE (CHINA) IN THE 1990S

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-48
Author(s):  
YING СAI ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Amur River ◽  
River Transport ◽  
The Far East ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
Chinese Province ◽  
Rela Tions ◽  
Transport Potential

The purpose of the article is to analyze the significance of the Amur River transport activity in the 1990s for interregional Russian-Chinese cross-border coopera-tion in the Far East. Using the materials in Chinese as well as archival documents, the author examines the process of border ties resumption between Russia and China in the Far East after the normalization of rela-tions between the countries. The peculiarities of the river fleet functioning on the Amur during the period of socio-economic reforms of the last decade of the 20th century in Russia are studied. The characteristic of the Amur River transport potential is presented. The prob-lems of the Amur River transport in the development of cooperation between the Russian Amur Region and the Chinese province of Heilongjiang in the context of Rus-sian-Chinese relations at the interstate and interregion-al levels are structured.

New taxa in Arundinella and Calamagrostis (Poaceae) from the Russian Far East

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 13-22
Author(s):  
N. S. Probatova
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
New Taxa ◽  
Chromosome Numbers ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
The Russian Far East

Calamagrostis are described from the Russian Far East. Chromosome numbers are reported for two new taxa. Calamagrostis burejensis Prob. et Barkalov, 2n = 28 (sect. Calamagrostis), C. zejensis Prob., 2n = 28 (sect. Deyeuxia), and C. × amgunensis Prob. (C. amurensis Prob. × C. neglecta (Ehrh.) G. Gaertn., B. Mey. et Scherb. s. l.) are described from the Amur River basin (Amur Region or Khabarovsk Territory); Arundinella rossica Prob. (sect. Hirtae) and Calamagrostis kozhevnikovii Prob. et Prokopenko (sect. Calamagrostis) from Primorye Territory.

scholarly journals ALBAZIN SPASSKY MONASTERY: MAJOR MILESTONES IN HISTORY AND RESEARCH RESULTS

2021 ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
ANDREY P. ZABIYAKO ◽  
◽  
VLADIMIR I. TRUKHIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Activity ◽  
Far East ◽  
17Th Century ◽  
Reliable Information ◽  
Eastern Siberia ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Moral Conflicts ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
History Of

2021 marks 350 years since the founding of the Albazin Spassky Monastery, the first Orthodox monastery in the Far East. The emergence of the monastery was the result of the movement of Russians to the Amur River, as well as acute social and moral conflicts among the Russian population of Eastern Siberia. The activity of this monastery was an important stage in the spread of Orthodoxy on the eastern borders of Russia. Many aspects of the history of the monastery remain a subject of discussion. The purpose of the article is to systematize the most reliable information about the circumstances of the emergence and activities of the Albazin Spassky Monastery, as well as its use. Documents of the 17th century include a few information about the monastery. The most fully reflected activity in the documents is the economic one. The monastery conducted a successful economic activity, actively carried out the construction of religious and other structures (mills, smithy, etc.). Other aspects of the monastery's activities are hardly reflected in the documents. The location of the Spassky Monastery remains controversial. According to the written and cartographic sources, the most probable location of the monastery is 2 km from the fortress up the Amur River in the area of the ravine - the former stream course - and the adjoining upland.

scholarly journals “The Question of Reinforcing Colonization of the Amur Region Ended in a Single Attempt”: From the Note of the Qualified Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture N. K. Schuman (1916)

2020 ◽  
pp. 427-438
Author(s):  
Andrei A. Ivanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Far East ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Amur River ◽  
High Priority Task ◽  
River Region ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
The Government ◽  
Amur River Region

This published note of the qualified representative of the Ministry of Agriculture in the Amur region N. K. Schuman (1916) introduces into scientific use valuable information on the results of the Amur River region development in the last years of the Russian Empire and broadens our understanding of the economic policy of the government in the Far East. The author of the note describes basic economic activities in the region (gold mining, forestry, agriculture, process industry, etc.), effects of the railroad construction on the commerce; highlights unsolved problems that hinder economic growth. The note underscores the “yellow peril”; in the author’s opinion, the widespread use of Chinese workers created a number of threats: risk of being stripped of workers, if a conflict occurred with China, usurpation of industries by foreign workers, and their rapacious attitude to Russian resources. The document develops and supplements the project of planned colonization of the Amur River Region, developed by Schuman in 1914, approved by A. V. Krivoshein, and experimentally introduced in the Ulminsk district of the Amur region in 1914-1916. The author of the note concludes that reinforcement of the Russian colonization of the Amur region ended in single attempt; while this high-priority task remained unsolved it was impossible to promote economic prosperity of the region. Schuman’s proposals on state regulation of the resettlement and its transfer from Siberia to Far East (including temporary prohibition of settlement in Siberia) are also of interest. The note is stored in the Russian State Historical Archive of Far East (fond 810); its publication is preceded by an introduction, which reconstructs Schuman’s career and the circumstances in which the published document was created, thus helping to better understand its purpose and content.

scholarly journals Spiral patterns on the Neolithic pottery of East Asia and the Far East

2008 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 215-226
Author(s):  
Irina Zhushchikhovskaya ◽  
Olga Danilova
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Eastern China ◽  
Far East ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Amur River

The paper focuses on the investigation of East Asian and Far East Neolithic spiral patterns, with the application of some mathematical principles. The basis of the research is published data on pottery assemblages from Japan, Eastern China, and the Amur River basin from the 6th to the beginning of the 1st mil. BC. We suggest a descriptive order of spiral patterns based on the typology of spiral figures used in geometry. This approach permits us to see the regional and cultural diversity of Neolithic spiral patterns within the research area.

scholarly journals Impact of forest growth conditions on the wood density: the case of Amur Region

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 292-298
Author(s):  
Natalia A. Romanova ◽  
Alexander B. Zhirnov ◽  
Natalia A. Yust ◽  
Xu Fucheng
Keyword(s):  
Wood Density ◽  
Far East ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Amur Region ◽  
Forest Growth ◽  
Far East Of Russia ◽  
Density Determination ◽  
The Far East ◽  
First Time

Abstract The problem of determining the dependence of the chainsaw on the density of wood, substantiation of effective options for the number of chainsaws in the assortment and whiplash method of logging is quite relevant. In the Far East of Russia, in particular, in the Amur region, the forest growth conditions are different from the western ones, and therefore, the properties of the wood differ from the generally accepted ones. The article describes forest growth conditions that influence the properties of the wood in areas of the Amur region. Using the method of density determination, the density of larch, pine and birch were studied for first time in the areas of the region. The dependence of the density on humidity, age, species, season of the year and the area of growth was found out. The results of the research showed that under humidity of 70%, the density of larch was 1088.99 kg/m3, it was 919.8 kg/m3 for pine and it was for birch 915.9 kg/m3.

scholarly journals The earliest centres of pottery origin in the Russian Far East and Siberia: review of chronology for the oldest Neolithic cultures

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V. Kuzmin
Keyword(s):  
Southern China ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Early Emergence ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
Hunting And Fishing ◽  
Neolithic Cultures ◽  
The Russian Far East

The earliest pottery from the Russian Far East, Osipovka and Gromatukha cultural complexes, was radiocarbon-dated to c. 13 300–12 300 BP. In Siberia, the earliest pottery is known from the Ust-Karenga complex, dated to c. 11 200–10 800 BP. The Osipovka and Gromatukha complexes belong to the Initial Neolithic, and they are contemporaneous with the earliest Neolithic cultures in southern China and Japan. In spite of the very early emergence of pottery in the Russian Far East, there is no evidence of agriculture at the beginning of the Neolithic, and subsistence remains based on hunting and fishing, including anadromous salmonids in the Amur River and its tributaries.

scholarly journals Radiocarbon Chronology of the Earliest Neolithic Sites in East Asia

Radiocarbon ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (2B) ◽  
pp. 1121-1128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav V Kuzmin ◽  
Charles T Keally
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Southern China ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Amur River Basin ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Radiocarbon Age ◽  
Centers Of Origin ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
Radiocarbon Chronology

The radiocarbon age of the earliest pottery from Russian Far East—Gromatukha and Osipovka cultures—is between around 13,300 BP and around 10,400 BP. This shows that the Amur River basin was one of the centers of origin of pottery in East Asia, at the end of the Pleistocene. Today, there are three areas within East Asia with pottery-associated 14C dates between around 14,000 BP and 13,000 BP—southern China, the Japanese Isles, and Russian Far East.

Mark Bassin, Imperial Visions: Nationalist Imagination and Geographical Expansion in the Russian Far East, 1840–1865. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1999, xv, 329 pp. + maps.

2003 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-236
Author(s):  
Willard Sunderland
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
The United States ◽  
Amur River ◽  
Cambridge University ◽  
The Amur River ◽  
Geographical Expansion ◽  
Far Eastern ◽  
The Russian Far East

For the Russians, Siberia has always been “Other” and, as a result, it has often been imagined as something other than what it is. As Mark Bassin argues in this richly detailed book, this habit of the Russian imaginaire was on full display during the mid-1800s when hopeful Russian observers and statesmen envisioned the Russian Empire's latest territorial acquisition—the Amur river in far eastern Siberia—as a new Mississippi and the region around it as a potential second America. Ultimately, of course, these geographical analogies proved well off the mark. The region of the Amur never went on to experience the prosperity of the United States and the Amur river never even remotely rivaled the importance of the Mississippi as an artery of trade and settlement. And what is so interesting about all this is that the Russians themselves began to have their doubts about the Amur within just a few years of annexing it. Bassin's work, in fact, concentrates on explaining this strange shift. It is a study of why the Russian vision of the Amur that began so hot ended up turning so cold so quickly and what the vision itself seems to reveal about the content of Russian national identity.

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