Depression and recovery: study on the development dilemma of Harbin after the Russo-Japanese war and its countermeasures

The power of Russia in Northeast China had been greatly weakened along with the end of the Russo-Japanese war, and the cities and towns under its control had been decaying. In the face of such a series of problems as a capital loss, population reduction and economic recession, the Russian Empire had to make a timely adjustment to consolidate its dominance for the regions under its control. With the Grand Central Station of Chinese Eastern Railway, Harbin, as an example, the paper replays the recovery process of the township under control of the Russian through interpreting urban construction and planning history, such as urban economic recovery, urban population growth, public utility development, regional planning scheme and land transaction, trying to conclude the context and characteristics of urban development under this special historical background and enrich the research content of modern Chinese urban history, so as to provide a reference for relevant research.