RECEPTION OF THE PROBLEM OF MOBILIZATION OF SIBERIAN POPULATION IN DURING THE YIHETUAN (BOXER) UPRISING (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE NEWSPAPER THE EASTERN REVIEW OF 1900-1901)

Abstract

The article examines the publicistic reception of the processes of military mobilization in Siberia in the period of 1900-1901 based on the material of the newspaper “Vostochnoye Obozrenie” (The Eastern Review). During this period, the Yihetuan (“Boxing”) uprising took place in China, during which Russian troops, as part of the The Eight-Nation Alliance (Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russian Empire, Great Britain, German Empire, Italy, USA, France and the Japan), participated in the suppression of unrest. The mobilization measures directly affected various aspects of the daily life of the population of Siberia: the increase in food prices, the lack of workers in various sectors of the economy, etc. According to the narrative of the Vostochnoye Obozreniye newspaper, published in Irkutsk, I.I. Popov, in contrast to the official press, the population of Siberia did not fully understand the significance of the participation of the Russian Empire in this enterprise, and also critically assessed its socio-political consequences. The material is studied in the context of the problem of “Siberian Orientalism”.