Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1881)

Treaty of Saint Petersburg
Type	Unequal treaty
Signed	24 February 1881
Location	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Signatories	Zeng Jize; Nikolay Girs and Evgeny Butsov;
Parties	China; Russia;

The Treaty of Saint Petersburg^[a] or Treaty of Ili^[b] was an unequal treaty between the Russian Empire and the Qing dynasty that was signed in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1881. It provided for the return to China of the eastern part of the Ili Basin region, also known as Zhetysu, which had been occupied by Russia since 1871 during the Dungan Revolt.^[1]^[2]

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^ Historical Atlas of the 19th Century World, 1783-1914. Barnes & Noble Books. 1998. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-7607-3203-8.
^ Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Tsêng Chi-tsê" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.

[3] Historical Atlas of the 19th Century World, 1783-1914. Barnes & Noble Books. 1998. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-7607-3203-8.

[4] Hummel, Arthur W. Sr., ed. (1943). "Tsêng Chi-tsê" . Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period. United States Government Printing Office.

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