ABSTRACT
The Russian Revolution, which put an end to Tsarism, was born in the events of February 1917. When the Soviet Government came to power, the Western Powers were still engaged in the Great War, and had no time to pay attention to the Russian Revolution. Since Russia and China had many interests in common, unofficial relations between the two countries continued to exist, although diplomatic relations between them were interrupted between 1917 and 1924. In January 1918 the Chinese Government itself took over control of the southern section of the railway from Harbin to Changchun, while the Russian soldiers in that area were disarmed and sent back to the Siberian frontier. Japan took advantage of this pact and began to move about 60,000 troops north of Changchun without previous consultation with China.
