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'LA POLITIQUE RUSSE DANS LES MERS D'ORIENT' [‎55v] (16/26)

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The record is made up of 13 folios. It was created in 1866. It was written in French. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Article in french from Revue des Deux Mondes , titled 'La Politique Russe dans les mers d'orient (Russian politics in the Eastern seas) written by V. de Mars.

The article discusses russian interests in the far east and their attempts at expanding their territory in that direction, focusing particularly on their alliance with China in 1857 in their war with England, France and the USA and subsequent treaties signed with China in 1858 and 1861 which granted them large areas of land, including the area where Vladivostok was established. The article also discusses Russian naval movements and the areas of the pacific they visited and their particular interest in Japan at this time.

The heading of the article is titled 'la politique russe dans les mers d'orient', however the heading at the top of each subsequent page reads 'la diplomatie russe dans l'extrême orient' (Russian diplomacy in the far east)

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'LA POLITIQUE RUSSE DANS LES MERS D'ORIENT' [‎55v] (16/26), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F126/21, ff 48-60, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023442705.0x000071> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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