The anniversary of the signing of the Beijing Agreement.
On November 14, 1860, Russia and China signed the Treaty of Beijing.
The treaty was signed by the Russian Empire on one side and the Manchu Qing Empire on the other.
Russia sent a special mission to Beijing for the purpose of negotiations, led by Count Nikolai Ignatiev. On the Qing side, the negotiations were conducted by the Grand Duke Gong.
The subject of the treaty was the establishment of the Russian-Qing border.
The parties agreed that the left bank of the Amur from the Argon River to its mouth was recognized as the property of Russia, and the Ossory region from the confluence of the Ossory and Amur to the sea remained jointly owned until the border was determined.
The treaty regulated Russian-Chinese trade relations in detail. Free and duty-free exchange between the subjects of the two countries was allowed along the entire border line.
It was determined that "Russian merchants in China, and Chinese in Russia, are under the special protection of the two governments. ".
The Russian government was allowed to open its consulates in Orga and Kashgar. The Chinese government can equally appoint its consuls in other capitals and cities of the Russian Empire.
Source: Historian magazine.