Russian expansion on the Amur, 1848-1860 : the push to the Pacific
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Russian expansion on the Amur, 1848-1860 : the push to the Pacific
(Studies in Russian history, v. 1)
Edwin Mellen Press, c1999
- : hardcover
Available at 7 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-237) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This study describes the Russian expansion on the Pacific Ocean and especially the occupation of the Amur River Valley in the mid-19th century. It also looks at the weakness of China which allowed Russia to gain free access to part of Siberia.
Table of Contents
- Background of Russian expansion eastward
- early career of Governor-General Muraviev-Amurskii
- long range plans of Muraviev-Amurskii in Siberia
- Nevelskoi and the discovery of the Amur Delta
- Sakhalin Island - Japanese or Russian?
- effects of the Crimean War in the Far East (1853-1856)
- China and the West, 1842-1860
- the Taiping rebellion and the weakening of China
- Russian annexation of the Amur and the Treay of Aigun
- the Treaty of Tianjin, 1858
- Ignatiev's failure in Peking, June 1859-June 1860
- Ignatiev's success - the Treaty of Peking, October 1860
- conclusion
- appendices.
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