Guleva, M. A. RUSSIAN AND SOVIET AS DEPICTED IN SHANGHAI ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE SHIDAI MANHUA (1934–1937) // Proceedings of Petrozavodsk State University. 2018. No 7 (176). DOI: 10.15393/uchz.art.2018.221


World history

RUSSIAN AND SOVIET AS DEPICTED IN SHANGHAI ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE SHIDAI MANHUA (1934–1937)

Guleva
M. A. 		St. Petersburg State University, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
Keywords:
USSR
Republic of China
“Shidai Manhua”
caricature
manhua
Sino-Soviet relations
Russian emigrants		 Summary: Article deals with the image of the USSR and Russians in one of the most famous illustrated magazines of the Republic of China, Shidai Manhua. Clichés and stereotypes existing in Chinese society towards the neighbouring country and its people during the complicated period in bilateral relations before World War II were a response to the events in the USSR itself, in the world and in China. Shidai Manhua’s publications show which actions by Soviet government were seen as exemplary and which others were perceived as menacing. It is essential that in 1920s and 1930s some Chinese cities became a refuge for emigrants fleeing the 1917 revolutions, these emigrants also appearing in Shidai Manhua. This creates a juxtaposition between the image of Soviet Russia and those Russians who had to leave it. Analyzing magazine’s material shows that the USSR often seemed to be a dangerous neighbour rather than a reliable ally, while the life of Soviet citizens appeared murky and was not associated with the lifestyle of Russian refugees in Chinese cities.



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