The Late Russian Empire between Odessa and Vladivostok

• Project/Area Number: 15K16860
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Niigata University
• Principal Investigator: Sakon Yukimura 新潟大学, 人文社会科学系, 准教授 (30609011)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: ロシア帝国 / 海事史 / グローバルヒストリー / ロシア史 / 経済史 / 帝国論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has described the whole history of the Russian Volunteer Fleet from 1878 to 1924, which connected Odessa with different ports of the Russian Far East and Asia, including Vladivostok, Hankow, Singapore and Colombo. Although studies had been made on the reasons of its establishment, little was known about its actual operations and transformation this study dealt with. Especially I would like to emphasize the importance of Sergei Witte's plan to use Russian merchant ships for develop Asian markets with Trans-Siberian railway. Moreover, I have researched the Volunteer Fleet's rivals, the Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company and the Russian Donau Steamship, whose base were Odessa.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

ロシア義勇艦隊はオデッサとウラジオストクを結び、長崎を含む南アジア、東南アジア、東アジア各港に寄港した。ロシアとアジアの関係を考えるのに重要な存在であり、ロシア史家の間で名前は知られているものの、実態はほとんど明らかになっていなかった。ロシア帝国の東西の港を拠点とし、アジアの多くの港に立ち寄った義勇艦隊の歴史を明らかにしたことは、広大な帝国の統合、ならびにロシアと世界経済の関係を考える上で、重要な一歩となった。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] ヴィッテとアジア市場 (2018)
  • Author(s): 左近幸村
  • Journal Title: 国際政治 Volume: 191 Pages: 3247-3247
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 草創期のロシア義勇艦隊 (2016)
  • Author(s): 左近幸村
  • Journal Title: ロシア史研究 Volume: 97 Pages: 326-326
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Россия накануне Первой мировой войны: Одесса, Владивосток и проблема вольной гавани (2016)
  • Author(s): Юкимура Сакон
  • Journal Title: Университет Васэда. Институт российских исследований "Первая мировая война и Россия" Volume: 0 Pages: 27-33
• [Journal Article] 第一次世界大戦へ向かうロシア：東西の港から考える (2016)
  • Author(s): 左近幸村
  • Journal Title: 早稲田大学ロシア研究所「第一次世界大戦とロシア―コンドラーシン教授を迎えて」 Volume: 0 Pages: 61-65
• [Journal Article] 草創期の義勇艦隊：1878-1888年 (2016)
  • Author(s): 左近幸村
  • Journal Title: ロシア史研究 Volume: 97
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Russian East Asiatic Company and the Volunteer Fleet after the Russo-Japanese War: the Case of Russian Transatlantic Liners (2015)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Journal Title: ChiMoKoJa: Histories of China, Mongolia, Korea and Japan Volume: 1 Pages: 1-15
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Sergei Witte and the shipping associations: rethinking the Russian Empire from a maritime viewpoint (2019)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: The Fourth Asian Association of World Historians Congress
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 第一次世界大戦へ流れる川―ドナウ川とロシア帝国 (2018)
  • Author(s): 左近幸村
  • Organizer: 地域コンソーシアム次世代ワークショップ
• [Presentation] A Peaceful Fight? Russia's Maritime Attempts in the Eastern Mediterranean Before WWI (2017)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: International Conference of the ICSR Mediterranean Knowledge
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Sergei Witte and the shipping associations: rethinking the Russian Empire from a maritime viewpoint (2017)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: Oberseminar zur Geschichte Russlands und Asiens
• [Presentation] The economic development of Russian Far East villages in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (2016)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: Global History Workshop: “Globalization from East Asian Perspectives”
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka University
  • Year and Date: 2016-03-15
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] ヴィッテとアジア市場 (2016)
  • Author(s): 左近幸村
  • Organizer: ロシア史研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 東北大学
• [Presentation] The Northern Steamship Company, 1899-1918: Foreign Capital in Imperial Russia (2015)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: The 9th World Congress of ICCEES
  • Place of Presentation: Kanda University of International Studies
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Great Game of Tea: Russian Tea Trade in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (2015)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: Slavic-Eurasian Research Center 2015 Summer International Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: Hokkaido University
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-30
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The economic development of Russian Far East villages in the late-nineteeth century and early-twentieth century: Analysis of the reports of the Amur Expedition (2015)
  • Author(s): Yukimura Sakon
  • Organizer: The Asian Association of World Historians Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-29
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] ロシア革命とソ連の世紀 1 (2017)
  • Author(s): 松戸 清裕、池田 嘉郎、浅岡 善治、中嶋 毅、松井 康浩、宇山 智彦
  • Total Pages: 316
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
  • ISBN: 9784000282666
• [Book] ロシア革命とソ連の世紀 第1巻 世界戦争から革命へ (2017)
  • Author(s): 池田嘉郎、左近幸村、土屋好古、松里公孝、アンドレイ・ニコラーエフ、ウラジーミル・ブルダコーフ、ヤロスラブ・シュラトフ、浅岡善治、鈴木義一、中島毅、巽由樹子、鶴見太郎、浜由樹子、辻河典子、井竿富雄
  • Publisher: 岩波書店
• [Book] グローバルヒストリーと戦争 (2016)
  • Author(s): 秋田茂、桃木至朗、田中仁、中嶋啓雄、中野耕太郎、左近幸村、岡田雅志、後藤敦史、古谷大輔、伊川健二、中村翼、市大樹
  • Total Pages: 351
  • Publisher: 大阪大学出版会
• [Book] Russia and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors: China, Japan, and Korea, 1858-1945 (2016)
  • Author(s): Masafumi Asada, Shinichi Fumoto, Yoshiro Ikeda, Michiko Ikuta, Catherine Ladds, Kimitaka Matsuzato, Dmitrii B. Pavlov, Andreas Renner, Yukimura Sakon, Yaroslav Shulatov and Susumu Tsukase
  • Total Pages: 190
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield