History Research of Tannu Uriyangqai

Author: Fan Mingfang
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Based on a wealth of little-known but reliable historical materials, this book systematically, comprehensively, and deeply discusses the history of the Tannu Uriyangqai region. It provides a detailed account of the rule of successive Chinese governments over the Tannu Uriyangqai region since the Tang Dynasty, with a particular focus on the effective administration of the region by the Qing government and the specific course of the Sino-Russian border in the Tannu Uriyangqai area as determined by international treaties between China and Russia, powerfully demonstrating that the Tannu Uriyangqai is Chinese territory. On this basis, the book elaborates in detail on the following issues: various aggressive actions by Russia in the region after the mid-19th century, negotiations between the Sino-Russian governments on the Tannu Uriyangqai issue, Russia's occupation of the Tannu Uriyangqai under the guise of "protection" after the Xinhai Revolution, the Chinese government's recovery of the region after the October Revolution in Russia, the Soviet Union's control over the Tannu Uriyangqai in the early 1920s, and its annexation of the region in 1944. The book is supplemented with valuable historical materials on the Tannu Uriyangqai.