Primorskaya Oblast () was an administrative division of the Russian Empire and the early Russian SFSR, created on October 31, 1856 by the Governing Senate. The name of the region literally means "Maritime" or "Coastal." The region was established upon a Russian conquest of Daur people that used to live along Amur River. Before the Russian conquest of Outer Manchuria, the territory belonged to the Chinese region of Manchuria.

History

The Amur region was raided by the 1651 Russian expedition of Yerofey Khabarov, after which the indigenous Daur people were either killed or fled further into territory of Qing China. After the Russian conquest, the territory became known as Outer Manchuria, or Russian Manchuria. The precursor of Primorskaya Oblast was the Albazino Voivodeship that existed 1882-86 and was abolished upon the conclusion of the Sino-Russian border conflicts. At first it was part of the Eastern Siberian General Government, but beginning 1884 within the Cis-Amur General Government.

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|Khabarovsk

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|Olginsky uezd

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|Ussuri Cossack regiment okrug

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See also

  • Amur Annexation
  • 1855 Treaty of Shimoda, Japan-Russia delimitation treaty on Sakhalin and Kurile islands

References

Notes

Sources

  • "История Советского Приморья" (History of the Soviet Primorye), под ред. А. И. Крушанова (ed. A. I. Krushanov). Дальневосточное книжное издательство. Владивосток, 1976.
  • Ilyinykh, V., Sviryukova, V. Primorskaya Oblast. Historical Encyclopedia of Siberia. 2009.
  • Map of the Moscow Tsardom before the 1689 Treaty of Nerchinsk. "History.ru"
  • Map of Qing dynasty in 17th century. "History.ru"
  • World map of the mid 18th century. "History.ru"
  • Map of the Russian Empire in 18th century. "History.ru"