Ussuri Railway in the Government Plans for the Far East Development

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ID22097945
AuthorsDenis G Yanchenko (0000-0002-5400-3528, St Petersburg University, corresponding author)
Year2026
Volume25
Issue2
Pages235-253
Publication date2026-06-30
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRUDN Journal of Russian History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2312-8674 • E-ISSN: 2312-8690
PublisherPeoples' Friendship University of Russia (PUBLISHER • RU)
DOI10.22363/2312-8674-2026-25-2-235-253
OpenAlexW7167079064
LanguageEN
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The author in their article examines the question of departmental affiliation of the Ussuri Railway, which was posed to the government after the Russo-Japanese War under the unique circumstances of the Duma monarchy. It demonstrates that in Vladivostok, as the largest Russian port in Asia, there was a clash the interests between various imperial departments. In addition, the redistribution of “assets” also affected commercial and entrepreneurial circles. Formally the Chinese Eastern Railway, a private enterprise, which took over the Ussuri Railway, was subordinate to the Ministry of Finance. The position of the officials de facto managing the Chinese Eastern Railway was formed based on the assessments received from the field, personal impressions, and the established policies of the Ministry of Finance. The competition between the Railway Administration of the Ministry of Railways, the military represented by governors-general, the viceroy, and military governors of the regions, and the Ministry of Finance, which managed the activities of the Chinese Eastern Railway through its board, also influenced the economic development of the sections of the entire Trans-Siberian Railway. The question of the modernization of all railway lines, including the Ussuri Railway and the associated port infrastructure of Vladivostok remained at the core of this development. The author concludes that the government’s compromise on defense and administration of the Far East was achieved thanks to the railway’s correct operation in financial and administrative terms before World War I. By 1914, largely thanks to the Ussuri Railway and the Amur Mainline under construction, a unified economic space had already been formed and opportunities for the further colonization of the Amur region and the development of regional infrastructure increased

Administration (probate law) · Christian ministry · Competition (biology) · Government (linguistics) · Modernization theory · Port (circuit theory) · Position (finance) · Psycholinguistics and Behavioral Studies · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends · Soviet and Russian History

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