The authoritative text of the first Russia–China treaty, Nerchinsk (1689), was in Latin: Jesuit interpreters handled the talks.

1689

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• Treaty of Nerchinsk1689 · Nerchinsk. Russia's first treaty with Qing China, negotiated by Fyodor Golovin, fixed the border along the Argun River and mountain ranges. Russia gave up the Amur basin but gained peace and trade with China for a century and a half.

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