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Beijing Treaty


Beijing Treaty can also refer to the 1860 Convention of Peking between China and Britain.


The Beijing Treaty was signed by Russia and Qing Empire in 1860, and granted Russia the right for Ussuri krai, a part of the modern day Primorye), the territory of which corresponds with the one of ancient Manchu province of East (Maritime) Tartary.



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