1 Introduction Salt lakes are very interesting natural objects which can be found in different places in the world.Russia is not an exception.Climate conditions are various in Russia,but the climate is not very hot.In...1 Introduction Salt lakes are very interesting natural objects which can be found in different places in the world.Russia is not an exception.Climate conditions are various in Russia,but the climate is not very hot.In Russia there are a lot of places where salt lakes are spread.One of them is the Tuva region where lakes with different compositions are展开更多
Scholarly narratives concerning Tuva becoming a protectorate of Czarist Russia tend to contextualise this action within Russia’s rivalry with China.The 1911 Chinese Revolution provided an opportunity to annex Tuvan t...Scholarly narratives concerning Tuva becoming a protectorate of Czarist Russia tend to contextualise this action within Russia’s rivalry with China.The 1911 Chinese Revolution provided an opportunity to annex Tuvan territory,culminating in Tuva becoming the final territorial expansion of the Empire before the Bolshevik Revolution.This research showcases that the Tuvan people were intent on much closer relations with newly independent Mongolia.The author argues that the Tuvan people belonging to the Turkic family of nations shared important values with and identified much more closely with Mongolia than Russia due to their common religion:Buddhism.The author stresses the fact that the increasing presence of Russians in Tuva in the mid 19th century resulted in the acknowledgement of two highly unfamiliar cultures and viewpoints.Utilising primary sources this work sheds light on the debates and choices Russia faced concerning Tuva and the opposition maintained by the new Mongol entity intent on unifying under its auspices peoples which were considered very close if not the same.This research highlights the Tuvan predicament as being located in more of a triangular contest than what is usually presented as a bilateral power struggle.展开更多
基金supported by The Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No 14-05-31387)the state assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia for 2014-2016 TPU № 2014/226
文摘1 Introduction Salt lakes are very interesting natural objects which can be found in different places in the world.Russia is not an exception.Climate conditions are various in Russia,but the climate is not very hot.In Russia there are a lot of places where salt lakes are spread.One of them is the Tuva region where lakes with different compositions are
文摘Scholarly narratives concerning Tuva becoming a protectorate of Czarist Russia tend to contextualise this action within Russia’s rivalry with China.The 1911 Chinese Revolution provided an opportunity to annex Tuvan territory,culminating in Tuva becoming the final territorial expansion of the Empire before the Bolshevik Revolution.This research showcases that the Tuvan people were intent on much closer relations with newly independent Mongolia.The author argues that the Tuvan people belonging to the Turkic family of nations shared important values with and identified much more closely with Mongolia than Russia due to their common religion:Buddhism.The author stresses the fact that the increasing presence of Russians in Tuva in the mid 19th century resulted in the acknowledgement of two highly unfamiliar cultures and viewpoints.Utilising primary sources this work sheds light on the debates and choices Russia faced concerning Tuva and the opposition maintained by the new Mongol entity intent on unifying under its auspices peoples which were considered very close if not the same.This research highlights the Tuvan predicament as being located in more of a triangular contest than what is usually presented as a bilateral power struggle.
