Author	Chen, Vincent. author
Title	Sino-Russian Relations in the Seventeenth Century [electronic resource] / by Vincent Chen
Imprint	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1966
Connect to	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0847-6
Descript	X, 152 p. online resource

The seventeenth century was a momentous epoch. While western European countries were busy expanding westward and eastward, Russia, quietly crossed the Ural Mountains, absorbed Siberia and reached as far as Alaska. Russia did not expand toward the East withยญ out opposition from the western European countries. In the last half of the sixteenth century, inspired by the "gorgeous East," the Dutch and the English made many efforts to find a northern passage to China l to attain gold, gems, silks, pearls and spices. They attempted to reach China by land routes but were hindered by continual wars between the Kazaks and Mongol tribes, as is indicated in a letter written by an 2 English traveler, Jenkinson, in 1559. They also attempted to reach China by way of the Northern Ocean, but the Arctic weather foiled all of these efforts. The English hoped to find a way to China as well as to India by the Ob River. They knew of the Ob as early as 1555, and the next year Stephen Burrough was sent to find it. He reached the Kara Strait but ice prevented him from passing through it. In 1580 Arthur Pet and Charles Jackman left England with two ships in search of a northeast passage. Pet went through the Kara Strait. Jackman followed him in 1581, encountering much ice. Eventually Pet's expedition succeeded in returning westward again through the Kara Strait, but Jackman and his men were never heard from again

I. Introduction -- II. Geographical and Historical Description of Northern Asia -- 1. Geographical Conditions -- 2. Historical Background -- III. Expansions of Russia and China in Northern Asia -- 1. Russian Expansion in Siberia, 1552โ1700 -- 2. Manchu-Chinese Expansion in Mongolia, 1635โ1697 -- 3. Manchu-Chinese Expansion in the Amur Area, 1616โ1643 -- IV. The Role of the Mongols in Sino-Russian Relations -- 1. The Kalmuk Sungars, 1606โ1616 -- 2. The Altin Khans of the Khalkhas, 1616โ1655 -- 3. Sino-Russian Rivalry over the Mongols, 1665โ1697 -- V. Early Contacts Between Russia and China -- 1. The Alleged Russian Embassy to China in 1567 -- 2. The Abortive Russian Caravan Embassy to China in 1608 -- 3. Petlin and Mundoffโs Mission to China, 1618โ1619 -- 4. Sino-Russian Conflicts on the Amur, 1643โ1675 -- VI. Russian Attempts at Establishing Diplomatic Relations With china I -- 1. Baikoffโs Embassy, 1653โ1657 -- 2. Mission of PerfiUeff and Ablin, 1658โ1662 -- VII. Russian Attempts at Establishing Diplomatic Relations With China II -- 1. Milovanoffโs Mission, 1670 -- 2. Spatharyโs Embassy, 1675โ1677 -- VIII. Sino-Russian War on the Amur -- 1. Growing Tension on the Amur, 1676โ1684 -- 2. The Albazin War, 1685โ1686 -- IX. The Treaty of Nerchinsk -- 1. The Dispatch of Embassies, 1685โ1689 -- 2. The Negotiation of Treaty -- 3. The Treaty of Nerchinsk, 1689 -- 4. The Confirmation of the Treaty, 1693โ1695 -- X. Economic and Cultural Relations -- 1. Trade between Russia and China, 1608โ1700 -- 2. Russian Missionaries in China, 1655โ1700 -- XI. Summary and Conclusion -- Appendixes -- I. The treaty of Nerchinsk -- II. The form of oath taken by the Chinese ambassador at Nerchinsk -- Chinese Glossary

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