ABSTRACT

Since the fall of the USSR, Sino-Russian relations have evolved along a paradoxical dichotomy of friendship and mistrust. Experts have widely discussed this phenomenon, but little attention has been paid to historical narratives. Border regions of the Russian Far East are places where memories of a conflicting Imperial past coexist with more recently developed friendly narratives of cooperation and “bon voisinage”. Exhibitions in history museums are interesting objects of study in this context. They selectively display historical contents to visitors and convey a political interpretation of the past. This paper explores the significance of the representations of history in Russian border museums, and that of the Nerchinsk Treaty, within the framework of contemporary Sino-Russian relations. This analysis reveals contradictory elements related to the historical narratives of the history museums of Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Chita and Nerchinsk. On the one hand, it detects a desire to portray a history in a way that expunges elements of contestation and smooths over highly controversial facts. On the other hand, national discourses cannot completely renounce particularistic narratives or obliterate elements of pride considered to be founding elements of Russia’s past. The persistence of tensions triggered by the interpretation of history is then revealed.

摘要

自苏联解体以来，中俄关系沿着友好和不信任的矛盾二分法发展。专家们广泛讨论了这一现象，但很少关注历史叙述。俄罗斯远东的边境地区是对冲突的帝国过去的记忆与最近发展起来的关于合作和“良好关系”的友好叙述共存的地方。在这种情况下，历史博物馆的展览是有趣的研究对象。他们有选择地向参观者展示历史内容，并传达对过去的政治解释。本文探讨了在当代中俄关系的框架内，俄罗斯边境博物馆的历史再现以及《尼布楚条约》的重要性。这一分析揭示了与符拉迪沃斯托克、哈巴罗夫斯克、赤塔和尼布楚斯克历史博物馆的历史叙述相关的矛盾因素。一方面，它发现了一种以消除争议元素并消除高度争议的事实的方式来描绘历史的愿望。另一方面，民族话语不能完全放弃特殊主义的叙述，也不能抹杀被认为是俄罗斯过去的奠基元素的自豪元素。然后揭示了由历史解释引发的紧张局势的持续存在。民族话语不能完全放弃特殊主义的叙述，也不能抹杀被认为是俄罗斯过去的奠基元素的骄傲元素。然后揭示了由历史解释引发的紧张局势的持续存在。民族话语不能完全放弃特殊主义的叙述，也不能抹杀被认为是俄罗斯过去的奠基元素的自豪元素。然后揭示了由历史解释引发的紧张局势的持续存在。