Section outline

    • 1. The first contacts of Russians with China.
      2. Russian-Chinese interstate relations in the XVIII-XIX centuries.
      3. Trade as a factor in the socio-cultural interaction between Russia and China.
      4. Russian-Chinese relations in the field of culture and art.

    • 1. The Soviet-Chinese relations in 1917-1949.
      2. During the Second World War, the USSR and the Republic of China were allies.
      3. Cooperation in the field of science and education between two countries.
      4. In the 1950s in the regions of the USSR there was a mass interest in the Chinese language.