Japan and the Russian government of A.V. Kolchak. On the issue of the contemporary evaluation of the Japanese intervention in Siberia

Autor: V. G. Datsyshen
Jazyk: English<br />Russian
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Японские исследования, Iss 1, Pp 121-140 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2500-2872
DOI: 10.24412/2500-2872-2021-1-121-140
Popis: The article is devoted to the problems of the history of the Japanese intervention in the territory of Russia. Japan's participation in foreign military intervention became a major factor in the development of Soviet-Japanese relations and it largely determined the anti-Japanese sentiments among Russians at different stages of the country's history. Although there is an extensive historiography of the issue, many problems in the history of Japanese military intervention in eastern Russia remain poorly understood . The aim of this work is to reveal the problems in the relations between the A.V. Kolchak government and Japan. The content and nature of the assistance of the Japanese interventionists to the authorities and the army in Siberia determined the outcome of the civil war in Russia. On the basis of archival documents and materials from periodicals, the historical picture of the relationship of the Omsk government with the state and the military of Japan is being restored. Vice-Admiral A.V. Kolchak tried to obtain material assistance from the Japanese government for his struggle against the Bolsheviks in the summer of 1918. Japan established direct relations with the government in Omsk in the autumn of 1918, when Japanese troops were already stationed along the railways from Vladivostok to Irkutsk. The work identifies and analyzes the issues and problems that existed in relations between the central anti-Soviet government of Russia and the Japanese interventionists in 1918-1920. Insufficient material support and Japan's refusal to send troops to Western Siberia and the Urals devalued the allies' assistance to the White movement. Japanese troops actively fought the partisan movement in the Far East, but avoided not only direct confrontation with the armed forces of the RSFSR, but also active intervention in the military and political events in Central and Western Siberia. This ultimately formed a negative attitude towards the Japanese intervention among various political forces and social groups. A comprehensive study of the history of the Japanese intervention provides a deeper understanding of the reasons for the continued negative perception of Japan's participation in the events of the civil war and foreign military intervention in Russia in 1918-1922.
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