Kyakhta trade
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The Kyakhta Trade refers to the trade between Russia and China through the town of Kyakhta on the Mongolian border south of Lake Baikal from 1727. The trade was mostly Siberian furs for Chinese cotton
The temple of Maimaicheng in 1910
Transported with camels
Cargo across the river
Chinese Trader in Kyakhta (Russian painting, 17th century).
Dzungar–Qing Wars
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The Dzungar–Qing Wars were a decades-long series of conflicts that pitted the Dzungar Khanate against the Qing dynasty and its Mongol vassals. Fighting took place over a wide swath of Inner Asia, from
The Dzungar army surrenders to the Qing dynasty after Dawachi is captured in 1756.
Military camp of the Chinese Emperor at Kherlen River during the campaign of 1696
7th Dalai Lama pretender, Lha-bzang Khan
Zhaohui receives the surrender of Dawachi at Ili, 1755. Painting by Jesuit painter at the Qing court, Ignatius Sichelbart.