| |
| | Russia The Rise of Revolutionary Movements - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ... |
 | | The 1856 Treaty of Paris, signed at the end of the Crimean War, had demilitarized the Black Sea and deprived Russia of southern Bessarabia and a narrow strip of land at the mouth of the Danube River. |
 | | The treaty gave the West European powers the nominal duty of protecting Christians living in the Ottoman Empire, removing that role from Russia, which had been designated as such a protector in the 1774 Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji. |
 | | Under the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 and the Treaty of Beijing in 1860, China ceded to Russia extensive trading rights and regions adjacent to the Amur and Ussuri rivers and allowed Russia to begin building a port and naval base at Vladivostok. |
| workmall.com /wfb2001/russia/russia_history_the_rise_of_revolutionary_movements.html (1469 words) |
|