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Map showing the original border (in pink) between Manchuria and Russia according to the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk, and subsequent losses of territory to Russia in the 1858 Treaty of Aigun (beige) and 1860 Treaty of Peking (red)
The parts of Manchuria ceded to Russia are collectively known as Outer Manchuria or Russian Manchuria, which include present-day Amur Oblast, Primorsky Krai, the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, the southern part of Khabarovsk Krai, and the eastern edge of Zabaykalsky Krai. The name Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endonym "Manchu") of ...
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English: Map showing the Soviet Union's 1945 Invasion of Manchuria, also known as Operation August Storm. Based on David Glantz's maps in Levenworth Paper No 7 - Feb 1983. Based on David Glantz's maps in Levenworth Paper No 7 - Feb 1983.
Russia, home of over 100,000 rivers, [230] has one of the world's largest surface water resources, with its lakes containing approximately one-quarter of the world's liquid fresh water. [236] Lake Baikal , the largest and most prominent among Russia's fresh water bodies, is the world's deepest, purest, oldest and most capacious fresh water lake ...
The Russian invasion of Manchuria or Chinese expedition (Russian: Китайская экспедиция) [4] occurred in the aftermath of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) when concerns regarding Qing China's defeat by the Empire of Japan, and Japan's brief occupation of Liaodong, caused the Russian Empire to speed up their long held designs for imperial expansion across Eurasia.
Russian Manchuria may refer to: Russian Dalian , territories in Manchuria (specifically in Northeast China) controlled by Russia in 1898–1905 Outer Manchuria , territories now part of the Russia Far East, ceded by China to Russia in 1858-1860
After the Russian conquest, the territory became known as Outer Manchuria, or Russian Manchuria. The precursor of Primorskaya Oblast was the Albazino Voivodeship that existed 1882-86 and was abolished upon the conclusion of the Sino-Russian border conflicts. At first it was part of the Eastern Siberian General Government, but beginning 1884 ...