THE PROBLEM OF BOHAI’S NORTHEASTERN BORDER AND THE ISSUE OF BOHAI-JURCHEN RELATIONS
THE PROBLEM OF BOHAI’S NORTHEASTERN BORDER AND THE ISSUE OF BOHAI-JURCHEN RELATIONS

Summary/Abstract: The history of Bohai studies in Russia is more than 150 years old. During those years Russian scholars have produced a number of interesting and valuable publications. Russian scholars combine the use of written sources (Korean, Chinese and Japanese) with the study of archaeological sites. This methodic system is very effective, because archaeological and historical methods supplement each other well. The aim of this article is to highlight and critically analyze the current problem on the Bohai border in the modern Russian area and compare the opinion of Russian and Korean scholars on this issue. The state of Bohai (in Russian: Бохай, in Korean: Parhae 발해, in Chinese: Bohai 渤海, in Japanese – Bokkai) existed in what is now the Russian Maritime Region (Primorskij krai/ Приморский край, in the Russian Far East), North Korea and Northeastern China from the late seventh to the early tenth centuries CE. Question about northern Bohai border has connected with problem of Bohai-Jurchen relations in contest of opinions by Russian and Korean specialists. This work has two aspects - archaeology and history. Research of Bohai in historical and archaeological aspects very different in methodology, sources, styles of interpretations therefore results are not similar. It was a reason why we considered history and archaeology separately.

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