Far East: Point of Attraction

On the eve of the annual Eastern Economic Forum, the Presidential Library features a collection dedicated to one of the most important and most dynamically developing regions of Russia - the Far East. The collection includes materials that spotlight the history, economy, science and culture of the region and reveal the importance of the region in the international political system.

In the XVII-XVIII centuries, Russian pioneers moved to the East and successively explored Eastern Siberia, and then the Pacific and American coasts. After the final establishment of the Russian-Chinese border in the middle of the 19th century, the Far East became the backbone of Russian oceanic power and the center of international trade. By the beginning of the 20th century, its geographical features, flora and fauna were studied in detail, mineral deposits were discovered, and the first modern ports began to be built.

The small local population has become a new decoration for the lush inflorescence of tribes and peoples of the Russian state. From the beginning of the 20th century, an active process of resettlement of the Russian population of the Far East began - new cities appeared, factories were built. The railway network will connect the Far East with Siberia and the European part of Russia.

The Far East has become a place where direct acquaintance and cooperation between the peoples of Russia, China, Korea, Japan and other countries has arisen and strengthened by interest in each other and mutually beneficial cooperation.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, the Far East has been rapidly turning into a region of advanced development and has attracted significant attention from both entrepreneurs in Russia and neighboring countries, who are investing more and more funds in the creation of new high-tech enterprises in the Far East.

The Presidential Library’s new collection features digital copies of official documents, monographs, abstracts, periodicals, albums, photographs, maps, archive materials.

The Presidential Library’s new collection features digital copies of official documents, archive materials, studies, reference and periodicals, albums, photographs and maps available in the collections of the Russian State Library, the National Library of Russia, the Russian Book Chamber, the State Public Historical Library, the Russian State Historical Archive, the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the Foreign Policy Archive of the Russian Empire, the Russian State Archive of Film and Photo Documents, the Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Central Naval Library, the Russian Geographical Society, the St. Petersburg State University, the St. Petersburg State Economic University, the Russian State Pedagogical University, the Pacific State University, the Tyumen Regional Scientific Library, the Tobolsk Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve, the National Library of Republic of Buryatia, the Far Eastern State Scientific Library, the Altai Regional Universal Scientific Library, the Amur Regional Scientific Library, the Birobidzhan Regional Universal Scientific Library, the Don State Public Library, the Transbaikal Regional Universal Scientific Library, the Irkutsk Regional State Universal Scientific Library, the Kamchatka Regional Scientific Library, the Magadan Regional Universal Scientific Library, the Novosibirsk State Regional Scientific Library, the Sakhalin Regional Universal Scientific Library, the Tambov Regional Universal Scientific Library, the Children's Postcard Museum, Expert Group, Krasivaya Strana, Nashe Radio and in private collections; as well as materials from the Official Website of the President of Russia, the Government of Russia, the Official Internet Portal of Legal Information (State System of Legal Information), the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, the websites of the Government of Khabarovsk Territory, the Government of Magadan Region as well as state authorities of Jewish Autonomous Region.