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Treaty of Aigun
The
Treaty of Aigun
(Russian: Айгунский договор; ) was an 1858 unequal treaty between the
Russian Empire
, and the empire of the
Qing Dynasty
, the
Manchu
rulers of China, that established much of the modern border between the
Russian Far East
and
Manchuria
(the original homeland of the
Manchu people
and the Qing Dynasty), which is now known as
Northeast China
. It reversed the
Treaty of Nerchinsk
(1689) by transferring the land between the
Stanovoy Mountains
and the
Amur River
from China (
Qing Empire
) to the
Russian Empire
. Russia received over from China.
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