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Where did the Treaty of Nerchinsk set the border between Qing China and Russia?
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The Treaty of Nerchinsk, signed in 1689 during the reign of the Kangxi emperor, established the border between Qing China and Russia along the Stanovoy Range and the Argun River.1
More specifically, the agreement drew the boundary line along the Gorbitsa, an outer tributary of the Amur River, and the Stanovoy Range. This demarcation ensured that the Amur valley and Manchuria remained under the control of the Qing dynasty.2