俄国驻中国喀什噶尔领事彼得罗夫斯基与近代英俄大博弈

Petrovsky,the Russian Consul in Kashgar(China)and the Great Game between Britain and Russia in Modern Times

尼古拉·费奥多罗维奇·彼得罗夫斯基是俄国驻我国新疆喀什噶尔第一任领事,其任期正值近代英国与俄国的中亚大博弈时期。彼得罗夫斯基利用其在当地的影响力,精心编织情报网络,培训情报人员,收集新疆地区军事政治要情,为俄国推行对华侵略政策提供信息服务,并严密监视英国动向,协助俄国军队占领我国帕米尔地区。在经济方面,彼得罗夫斯基通过扩大俄国商圈、打压英国在新疆的贸易和扰乱金融体系等手段,帮助俄国扩大对新疆的贸易。此外,彼得罗夫斯基利用职务之便在我国新疆喀什噶尔及其周边地区大肆劫掠文物,并与俄国国内积极互动,为俄国考察者提供文物信息和物质支持,在此方面,也将英国视为最大竞争对手。在彼得罗夫斯基的苦心经营下,19世纪末20世纪初俄国在新疆地区的影响力得到极大的扩张,无论在政治、经济还是文物掠夺方面,相对于英国均占据了先机。

Nikolai Fyodorovich Petrovsky was the first Russian consul in Kashgar,Xinjiang,China.His tenure coincided with the Great Game between Britain and Russia in Central Asia in modern times.Petrovsky used his local influence to establish intelligence networks,train intelligence personnel,collect important military and political information in Xinjiang,and provide information for Russia's aggression against China.Moreover,he closely monitored British movements and assisted Russian troops to occupy the Pamirs region.In the economic field,Petrovsky helped Russia increase its trade with Xinjiang by expanding Russian business circles,suppressing British trade in Xinjiang and disrupting its financial system.In addition,Petrovsky took advantage of his position to loot cultural relics in Kashgar and its surrounding areas in Xinjiang,and actively provided Russian investigators with cultural relics information and material support.Under Petrovsky's painstaking efforts,Russia's influence in Xinjiang had greatly expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and taken the lead over Britain in terms of politics,economy or the plunder of cultural relics.