The Treaty of Aigun, signed in May 1858 between the Russian Empire and Qing China, transferred the left, or northern, bank of the Amur River from Chinese to Russian control while leaving the Ussuri region to the east under joint administration pending further settlement. The agreement reversed the boundary that had stood since the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk and was concluded while the Qing state was weakened by internal rebellion and the Second Opium War. Its terms were extended two years later when the Convention of Peking ceded the Ussuri region outright to Russia.
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Document Type Creation Year Origin PlaceAigun, Manchuria, China 1 Original LanguageRussian, Manchu and Mongolian 1 Document Type
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Who was allowed to sail the rivers under the Treaty of Aigun?
Only Russia and China had navigation rights on the Amur; third countries were excluded.
The treaty set the Russo-Chinese boundary along the Amur River, from the Argun River in the west to the Sea of Okhotsk in the east. Russia and China both received navigation rights on the Amur, Ussuri and Sungari rivers, but ships of third countries were excluded, because Muraviev feared encroachment by the British navy.
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The Treaty of Aigun was an 1858 treaty
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an 1858 treaty between the Russian Empire and Qing dynasty of China
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Aigun, Manchuria, China
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The Russians would retain Russian and Manchu copies of the text, and the Chinese would retain Manchu and Mongolian copies of the text.
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The Treaty of Aigun was an 1858 treaty between the Russian Empire and Qing dynasty of China.
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The Treaty of Aigun was an 1858 treaty between the Russian Empire and Qing dynasty of China.
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