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Signing of the Treaty of Nerchinsk
- When
- 27 August 1689
- Where
- Nerchinsk
Russia and Qing signed their first formal treaty with a Western power on 27 August 1689.
The treaty was signed by Songgotu for the Kangxi Emperor and Fyodor Golovin for Tsars Peter I and Ivan V. The authoritative version was written in Latin to bypass translation issues, with secondary translations in Russian and Manchu.
Sources
- Treaty of Nerchinsk Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-04
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