Start
End
StartEnd
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
|Privacy Policy

Mid‑19th‑century Russo‑Chinese border adjustments and the Amur annexations (1849–1860)

Mid‑19th‑century Russo‑Chinese border adjustments and the Amur annexations (1849–1860)

  1. Treaty of Nerchinsk sets early Amur boundary

    Labels: Treaty of, Argun River, Stanovoy Range
  2. Treaty of Kyakhta reaffirms border and trade rules

    Labels: Treaty of, Kyakhta, Russo Qing
  3. Muravyov-Amursky appointed governor-general of Eastern Siberia

    Labels: Nikolay Muravyov, Eastern Siberia, Governor General
  4. Nevelskoy’s Amur Expedition begins Far East reconnaissance

    Labels: Gennady Nevelskoy, Amur Expedition, Lower Amur
  5. Nevelskoy founds Nikolayevsk-on-Amur at the Amur estuary

    Labels: Nikolayevsk on, Nevelskoy, Amur estuary
  6. Treaty of Aigun shifts the border to the Amur River

    Labels: Treaty of, Amur River, Russo Qing
  7. Treaty of Tianjin opens new diplomatic leverage for Russia

    Labels: Treaty of, Second Opium, Foreign powers
  8. Treaty of Aigun ratified, formalizing Russian gains

    Labels: Aigun Ratification, Qing court, Russian government
  9. Vladivostok founded as a Russian military outpost

    Labels: Vladivostok, Golden Horn, Russian navy
  10. Convention of Peking confirms Aigun and cedes Ussuri–sea territory

    Labels: Convention of, Ussuri Region, Primorye
  11. Vladivostok becomes an official port, boosting trade and settlement

    Labels: Vladivostok Port, Port status, Pacific trade
  12. Amur annexations leave a lasting modern border outcome

    Labels: Amur Annexations, Modern border, Aigun Peking