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Ussuri

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Ussuri (s`rē), Mandarin Wusuli, river, c.365 mi (590 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Ulukhe and Daubikhe rivers, S Maritime Territory, Russian Far East. It flows N to the Amur River at Khabarovsk, forming part of the Russia-China border. The Ussuri abounds in fish, and it is used to transport timber. The Ussuri-Khanka lowland is a fertile agricultural region. Armed border clashes between Soviet and Chinese forces occurred (1969 and 1972) along the river, leading to a military buildup. In 1991 in a peace gesture, the USSR announced the transfer of some of the islands in the river to Chinese control, and border was finally settled by a Sino-Russian agreement in 2004.
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The Treaty of Aigun (May 1858)--a classic product of statecraft backed by raw power--established the border between Russia and China at the Amur and Ussuri rivers.
The sick man of asia: Russia's endangered Far East by Menon, Rajan / The National Interest
In 1993 I became the Russian coordinator for the joint American-Chinese-Russian Sustainable Development Ussuri Plan completed in 1996.
Tales from the tiger front: Sergei Ganzei is American Forests' local ... by Smith, Zane / American Forests
I don't like the Ussuri territory because the land here is hilly and rocky, and the peasants live between the hills like gypsies.
PEASANT PIONEERING: RUSSIAN PEASANT SETTLERS DESCRIBE COLONIZATION ... by Sunderland, Willard / Journal of Social History
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