The Arctic 160 years ago today: Amur Acquisition (13 Aug 1859) https://buff.ly/2YLPKmb Russian expeditions and settlers had been infiltrating China's Amur region since the late 1840s. After the Crimean War exposed the vulnerability of Russia's Pacific possessions to naval attack, the Tsar agreed to back these settlements to consolidate power in the Far East. Taking advantage of China's embroilment in the Second Opium War, the Russians managed to persuade the Chinese to cede first the land to the north of the Amur River then, after negotiations between the Chinese and the Allies briefly broke down, the land to the south (Primorye). #arctic #history #welovehistory #map #1850s #19thcentury #victorianera #victorian #1859 #allies #amur #august #august13 #amuria #russianfareast #chineseempire #qingdynasty #russianempire #britishempire #opiumwar #khabarovsk #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #geopolitics (at Khabarovsk, Russia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1GLmjJgUlb/?igshid=1xyqw4codt20z
