Eta publikatsiya posvyashchena opisaniyu takogo unikal'nogo obshchestvenno-pravovogo yavleniya kak russkiy notariat v Severo-Vostochnom Kitae. V techenie dlitel'nogo vremeni zdes' funktsionirovali rossiyskie sudebnye i notarial'nye organy, obespechivavshie yurisdiktsiyu Rossiyskoy Imperii na territorii polosy otchuzhdeniya Kitayskoy Vostochnoy zheleznoy dorogi (KVZhD) s tsentrom v gorode Kharbine, a takzhe na territorii Russkoy Kvantunskoy oblasti s tsentrom v Port-Arture. Posle 1920 goda russkiy notariat deystvoval v sostave sudebnykh organov Osobogo Rayona Vostochnykh Provintsiy Kitaya, s 1932 goda - v sostave organov yustitsii Man'chzhou Go.