Вопрос о продаже Северного Сахалина Японии в 1923 г.
The Issue of the Sale of Northern Sakhalin to Japan in 1923

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the Soviet Union leaders’ plans to sell Northern Sakhalin to Japan in 1923. Particular attention is paid to some facts, made known to researchers after they gained access to the documents of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Russian Communist Party and the People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs in 1991. These documents testify that during the first half of 1923 Moscow is seriously discussing the sale of its part of the island. This article discusses the causes of this issue’s emerging, the position of the Japanese and Soviet sides, the different points of view of USSR’s individual departments (foreign affairs, military, financial, party-state governance of the country). The article also reveals the reasons for Kremlin’s sudden decision to demand the evacuation of the Japanese troops from Northern Sakhalin, in which way they are instead provided with oil and coal concessions in this part of the island.

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