This treaty restored the lower valley of the Amur River to the party represented by Songgotu, a legate for the Kangxi Emperor.
The signing of this agreement was attended by Jean-Francois Gerbillon and Thomas Pereira, who served as experts on diplomacy and the law of nations, and each wrote detailed diaries of the proceedings here. It resulted from the seizure of the fortress of Albazin, which was surrendered by the terms of this agreement. It was extended a few decades later by the Treaty of Kyakhta, though it would be essentially nullified some 150 years later by the Treaty of Aigun. This treaty restored the lower valley of the Amur River to the party represented by Songgotu, a legate for the Kangxi Emperor. FTP, name this 1689 treaty which was the first agreement ►between China and a western power, clarifying the border between Russia and the Ching Dynasty.
The signing of this agreement was attended by Jean-Francois Gerbillon and Thomas Pereira, who served as experts on diplomacy and the law of nations, and each wrote detailed diaries of the proceedings here.
Treaty of {Nerchinsk}