Relations between the Soviet Union and China on the Eve
and during the Second World War

Yu. V. Chudodeev*

Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: chudo.yurij@yandex.ru

Received August 6, 2015

Abstract—The first hotspots of WWII sprang up in the Far Eastern region of Asia because of the aggressive
actions of Japan, the intent of which was directed at China. In the summer of 1937, upon occupying China’s
northeastern provinces and creating there the puppet state of Manchukuo, Japan, under the slogan Pan-Asian-
ism ideas, the seizure of China at large started. Under this threat, the leadership of the Republic of China
announced its readiness to fight against the aggressor and to carry on a long war with Japan. The Soviet Union
began to provide serious support for China’s military by supplying weapons and sending military advisers, spe-
cialists, and volunteer pilots. In fact, during the war between China and Japan, the Soviet Union and the Repub-
lic of China formed a strategic partnership. Therefore, the Soviet support of China’s integrity helped its people
to preserve the country in the general front of the Allied Powers in WWII.

Keywords: Soviet Union, China, Japan, Kuomintang, Soviet military advisers, volunteer pilots, strategic part-
nership.

DOI: 10.1134/S1019331616010068

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