The "Uryanghai issue" in the politics of Russia and Mongolia (1912-1914)

In the article the characteristic of the nature of the policy pursued by the Russian empire regarding the Uryanghai territory in the beginning of the XXth century has been presented, the complex of causeshas been revealed, which conditioned the fact of establishment the protectorate over Tuva in 1914. On the basis of archival documents, many of which have been introduced into the scientific circulation for the first time, the description and characteristic of the bilateral relations between Russia and Mongolia within the solution of «Uryanghai issue» in the period from 1911 through 1914 have been given.