Soviet Russia, following the end of the Civil War and the implementation of the New Economic Policy (NEP), began to actively pursue foreign policy, seeking to restore diplomatic and economic relations with capitalist countries and neighboring states. As socialist revolutions failed to spread across Western Europe, the Comintern shifted its strategy toward the “East,” attempting to build revolutionary alliances in Asia, including China. This policy was concretized through the establishment and operation of institutions such as the Far Eastern Peoples’ Congress and the Communist University of the Toilers of the East, which exerted significant influence on communist movements and national revolutions in East Asia.
This article analyzes these policies from a multi-dimensional perspective through the travel accounts of three figures?Jiang Kanghu, Qu Qiubai, and Baopu. All three traveled to Moscow via the Trans-Siberian Railway in the early 1920s and left written records, directly or indirectly experiencing the Far Eastern Peoples’ Congress and the Communist University of the Toilers of the East. Jiang Kanghu observed the congress with a relatively detached attitude, whereas Qu Qiubai, participating as an interpreter, actively affirmed the significance of the Comintern. In contrast, Baopu critically exposed the underlying contradictions and inner workings of the congress.
Their accounts vividly illustrate major diplomatic conflicts between China and Soviet Russia at the time, including issues concerning Chinese migrants in Russia, the Chinese Eastern Railway, and the Mongolian question. Jiang Kanghu, from a nationalist perspective, criticized the Soviet stance on Mongolia, while Qu Qiubai showed sympathy toward the Comintern’s position. Baopu, adopting an anti-Bolshevik stance, criticized what he perceived as the imperialistic nature of the Soviet regime. These differing interpretations of a shared experience demonstrate the complex interplay between revolutionary ideology and national consciousness.
동북아시아문화학회 [The Association of North-east Asian Cultures]
설립연도
2000
분야
복합학>학제간연구
소개
동북아시아 문화의 다양성과 정체성을 연구 토론하고, 지역내 문화 교류의 다양한 모습을 연구하고 문화변동의 큰 틀을 집적함으로써 우리 민족 문화 및 상대 민족의 문화적 터전을 이해하여 문화공동체적 특성을 계발하고 상호 관련성의 강화를 유도하는 학술활동을 통해 동북아시아의 문화발전에 이바지함.