Intervention of the jesuit missionaries in the signing of sino-russian Nerchinsk Treaty (1689)

Autor: Carlos Junquera Rubio
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Revista Colección, Vol 0, Iss 27, Pp 95-135 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0328-7998
1850-003X
Popis: In 1689, Russia and China signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk. The reason was the result of Russian colonization had not yet reached the objectives. Cossack armies had built some strong for contact with native populations and charge the tax, as was customary; Moreover, the Russians, who did not consider that the inhabitants of the basin of the Amur were already subjects of the Chinese emperor. Russian troops caused many problems and ran out through diplomatic channels. The Chinese response was to send an army to dislodge the enemy. Later in the fort of Nerchinsk the two delegations will meet to make peace. Jesuit missionaries played a prominent role in the course of negotiations and were responsible for drafting the document in Latin, translated the Manchu and help its development in Russian.
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