The article deals with the evolution of the assessment of the causes and
consequences of the 1917 revolution by Russian immigrants in China. Drwing on both
published and new documents the author argues that the views of the losers in the
revolution events is also necessary for understanding the history of Russia, the formation of the multidimensional picture of the Russian turmoil. The article concludes that the attitude of Russian emigrants to the revolution over time changed from a sharply negative to
balanced historical.
