Kiakhta, Treaty of 1727

Kiakhta, Treaty of (1727) 

a treaty establishing the borders and regulating trade between Russia and China; signed in Kiakhta on Oct. 21 by the Russian ambassador S. L. Raguzinskii-Vladislavich and the representatives of the Chinese government Chabina, Tegut, and Tulishen.

The Kiakhta Treaty reaffirmed the clauses of the Bura Treaty of 1727 on the Russian-Chinese border and established the mode of Russian-Chinese trade. It further reaffirmed the Ch’ing government’s consent to the presence of a Russian clerical mission in Peking. Border authorities were charged with settling local border disputes. The Kiakhta Treaty determined the procedure for receiving embassies and for diplomatic correspondence. Along with the Bura Treaty, the Kiakhta Treaty was the legal basis of Russo-Chinese relations until the mid-19th century.

SOURCES

Russko-kitaiskie otnosheniia 1689–1916. Dokumenty. Moscow, 1958.