LAW STATUS OF REFUGEES AS A FACTOR OF INTERSTATE RELATIONS IN THE COMPARATIVE-HISTORICAL CONTEXT: INTERACTION OF THE USSR AND CHINA IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THE LAW STATUS OF RUSSIAN EMIGRANTS IN THE 1920S–1940S

The paper dwells on analyzing impact of the law status of Russian refugees in China on SovietChinese relations in the first half of the twentieth century. The author describes the peculiarities of the law status of Russian refugees in various areas of China, its dependence on the political situation in the Far East and SovietChinese relations at different stages in the formation and subsequent disintegration of the diaspora