The influence of the border factor on the partisan movement of Eastern Trans-Baikal region

Background. The article examines the poorly studied issue of the relationship be tween the partisans of the Eastern Trans-Baikal during the Civil War with the authorities of the border regions of China and Mongolia. The research is based on previously unpublished documents of the district authorities of the Trans-Baikal region and the memoirs of former partisans stored in the State Archive of the Trans-Baikal territory. Materials and methods.The research was conducted based on the principles of objectivity and historicism. When working with the source base, general scientific methods of cognition were used – analysis, synthesis, induction and deduction. Among the special methods, one can single out a com parative historical one, thanks to which it was possible to verify memoir sources, reducing their level of subjectivity. Results. Archival documents containing information on the spe cifics of the relationship between the Trans-Baikal partisans and the Chinese and Mongoli an authorities of the border territories have been studied. The reasons for the loyal attitude of the Chinese civil and military authorities to the guerrillas, as well as the peculiarities of their relationship with the regime of G.M. Semenov, are revealed. Conclusions. It has been established that the border position of the region played a significant role in the develop ment of a mass guerrilla movement in the southeastern regions of Transbaikalia through supply from the border territories of China. It was revealed that the good attitude towards the partisans on the part of the Chinese authorities and the civilian population was due to the high level of anti-Japanese sentiment in Chinese society, which was projected onto the regime of G.M. Semenov.