Sino-Russian border conflicts

The Sino-Russian border conflicts (1652–1689) were a series of intermittent skirmishes between the Qing dynasty of China, with assistance from the Joseon dynasty of Korea, and the Tsardom of Russia by the Cossacks in which the latter tried and failed to gain the land north of the Amur River with disputes over the Amur region. The hostilities culminated in the Qing siege of the Cossack fort of Albazin in 1686 and resulted in the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689 which gave the land to China.

Sino-Russian border conflicts

Qing Empire forces storming the fort of Albazin
Date1652–1689
Location
Result

Qing victory

Belligerents

Tsardom of Russia

Qing dynasty
Joseon
Commanders and leaders
Strength
9,457 men
  • 3,000 men including both Manchu Bannermen and Han Chinese soldiers
  • 200 gunners; 60 officers and interpreters
Casualties and losses
c. 800 men
  • several hundreds (debated)
  • 32 (7 killed, 24 injured, 1 died from wounds)
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