China and Policy of Russia in Respect to China Before 1894 in the Russian Press.

The article is devoted to an analysis of the attitudes of the Russian society towards China as expressed in the Russian press - from the very first pieces of information published in the Russian press about China to the beginning of the Chinese-Japanese War. The Russian press of different political directions did not have definite and precise opinions concerning Russian policy towards China at the beginning and in the middle of the 19th century. Russian journalists, researchers and philosophers began to discuss different aspects of Chinese development and in their publications were expressed the attitudes of the ruling Russian elite, which began to express interest in an active Far Eastern Russian foreign policy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]