The memoirs of the Russian sinologist historian, who lived in China for more than half a century, continue his book “Manchuria, Distant and Near”, widely known in Russia and abroad (Moscow, 1991, 1994). A fascinating narrative, built on a strict documentary basis, presents The reader is presented not only with Harbin life, but also with the difficult existence of Russian emigrants on the CER Line, in Three Rivers, in the cities of Hailar, Manchuria, Pogranichnaya, etc. in the dramatic period of the first post-revolutionary years. Melikhov Georgy Vasilyevich Born in 1930 in Harbin, China. After the war, he and his parents moved to the USSR. Graduated from the Faculty of History of Moscow State University. Since 1979 - leading researcher at the Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Institute of Russian History of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Author of the books: Manchuria, far and near. M., 1991 (2nd ed., M., 1994); Russian emigration in China (1917–1924), M., 1997.