Social Networks of Russian Diaspora: Women during the Period of Manchukuo State and after Its Collapse

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370859
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Europe and America
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: IKUTA Michiko 大阪大学, 言語文化研究科(言語社会専攻、日本語・日本文化専攻), 名誉教授 (40304068)
• Research Collaborator: BAKICH Olga トロント大学, リサーチアソシエイト ; LAHUSEN Thomas トロント大学, 教授 ; JAN Dachin ワシントン大学, 准教授 ; MCVEY Kuniko (YANADA Kuniko) 燕京図書館, 司書 ; POLANSKY Patricia ハワイ大学附属ハミルトン図書館, 司書 ; KAPLAN Inessa 連邦大学, 准教授 ; AURILENE Elena 太平洋国立大学, 教授 ; KROTOVA Maria サンクトペテルブルグ国立経済金融大学, 准教授 ; PUSHKAREVA Natalia ロシア科学アカデミー民族学・人類学研究所, 主任・ロシア女性史学会会長 ; FUJIWARA Katsumi 大阪大学, 教授 ; TSUKADA Tutomu , 中国語通訳
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 亡命ロシア / ディアスポラ社会 / 満洲 / ジェンダー / ネットワーク / アイデンティティ / 回想 / 記憶

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this project was to clarify how social networks of Russian diaspora supported the struggle for survival of Russian female emigres not only during the period of Manchukuo state, but also after its collapse when women were disseminated all over the world. For this purpose, field research was conducted in Northeast China and oral histories were collected in Russian, America, Canada and Japan. Also, official documents from archives of the above mentioned countries were examined. We clarified that social networks helped to maintain Russian identity in the time of Manchukuo and in the post Manchurian period. These networks also helped to revive Russian identity and creating the so-called Russians in Abroad.

Free Research Field

ロシア史