The Treaty of Nerchinsk was a peace treaty signed between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty following Russia's defeat at the Siege of Albazin. It was signed on 27 August 1689 by Songgotu for the Kangxi Emperor and Fyodor Golovin for the Russian tsars Peter I and Ivan V, and was the first formal treaty China ever signed with a Western power. To avoid translation disputes, its authoritative text was written in Latin, with secondary translations into Russian and Manchu, and its physical border markers were inscribed in Chinese, Manchu, Russian and Latin even though no official Chinese-language text of the treaty existed for another two centuries.
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Why was the Treaty of Nerchinsk written in Latin?
Latin was the neutral authoritative text; Russian and Manchu versions were secondary.
The authoritative version was written in Latin to bypass translation issues and avoid misinterpretation between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty. Secondary translations were made into Russian and Manchu, and no official Chinese text existed for another two centuries.
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The Treaty of Nerchinsk was a peace treaty signed between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty
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Signed on 27 August 1689 by Songgotu on behalf of the Kangxi Emperor and Fyodor Golovin for Russian Tsars Peter I and Ivan V, it was the first formal treaty China ever signed with a Western power.
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the authoritative version was written in Latin, with secondary translations made into Russian and Manchu.
Treaty of Nerchinsk: Medium
To bypass translation issues and avoid misinterpretation, the authoritative version was written in Latin, with secondary translations made into Russian and Manchu. While no official Chinese text existed for another two centuries, physical border markers were inscribed in Chinese, Manchu, Russian, and Latin.
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Qing troops with a size of 3,000 to 15,000 soldiers under the command of Songgotu left Peking on June 1689 and arrived in July.
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Signed on 27 August 1689 by Songgotu on behalf of the Kangxi Emperor and Fyodor Golovin for Russian Tsars Peter I and Ivan V, it was the first formal treaty China ever signed with a Western power.
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