A REVIEW OF CHINESE SCHOLARSHIP ON RUSSIAN EASTERN ÉMIGRÉ LITERATURE FROM THE PAST DECADE

Abstract

During the 1920s to 1940s in China, a substantial Russian diaspora emerged, generating its literary works, exemplified by the Harbin poetic association “Churaevka” and the Shanghai literary circle “Friday”. Russian poets within this intercultural milieu established a distinct segment of Russian literature. This literature embodies a multifaceted historical phenomenon arising from specific situations. The article reviews study findings regarding the literature on Russian emigration in China, conducted between the latter half of the 2010s and the initial half of the 2020s. The author considers the most referenced monographs and catalogs the variety of research subjects, outlines the progression of methodological strategies, analyses which literary “nests” have been most thoroughly investigated, and assesses the impact of new digital archival resources on the study of Russian emigration literature in China.