History of borders and border crossings in Mongolia

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02887
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: Futaki Hiroshi 東京外国語大学, その他部局等, 名誉教授 (90219072)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 上村 明 東京外国語大学, 外国語学部, 研究員 (90376830)
• Research Collaborator: Chuluun S. モンゴル科学アカデミー, 歴史学考古学研究所長 ; Altanzayaa L. モンゴル教育大学, 教授 ; Yu hai 内モンゴル大学, 講師
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: モンゴル史 / 境界 / 越境 / 清帝国 / バルガ / アルタイ・オリアンハイ / フルンボイル / カザフ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, borders and border crossings of two ethnicities, the Bargas and the Altai Uriankhais, of Mongolia in the twentieth century have been analyzed, based on archival sources and oral histories. The Bargas live in Kholonbuyir City of Inner Mongolia, China and Dornod Prefecture in Mongolia. The Altai Uriankhais are distributed in Khovd Prefecture in Mongolia and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China. After the collapse of the Qing dynasty, some members of these ethnicities crossed the border between Mongolia and China. The process of acquiring new identities in these new-born nation-states show multilayered characteristics of ethnicities in Mongolia.

Free Research Field

モンゴル史