"THIS IS NO LONGER A BUNCH, BUT A FORCE OF GREAT MAGNITUDE": "SMALL" SOVIET TRADE UNIONS IN NORTHERN MANCHURIA (1917-1931)
The article is devoted to the emergence and existence of three small Soviet trade unions on the territory of Northern Manchuria in 1917 - 1931: employees of the printing industry, medical industry and water transport, which was not part of the shipping company of the Chinese-Eastern Railway. The issues related to the nature of the activities of these production associations, the dynamics of the number, their characteristics and relations with local authorities in a difficult political situation are considered. The difficulties affecting the functioning of trade unions and the methods of their struggle for improving the working conditions of workers in the relevant fields are analyzed.