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Examples:Moscow, capital of Russia—Ingushetia region of Russia North of the Caucasus—Boris Yeltsin (1931-2007) first post-communist president of Russia 1991-1999—Information Telegraph Agency of Russia—Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia—Catherine the Great or Catherine the Second (1684-1727), Empress of Russia—Kamchatka (far eastern province of Russia)—G7, the group of 7 industrialized countries: US, Japan, Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Canada (now G8, including Russia)—Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881, whereby Russia handed back Yili province Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights—Treaty of Nerchinsk (1698) between Qing China and Russia—the Treaty of Beijing of 1860 between Qing China and Tsarist Russia—Treaty of Saint Petersburg of 1881 in which Russia agreed hand back Yili province to Qing China in exchange for compensation payment and unequal treaty rights—Voronezh, city in the southwest of European Russia—Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) UK, France and Russia—alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists)—Sea of Azov in southern Russia—Treaty of Aigun, 1858 unequal treaty forced on Qing China by Tsarist Russia—the war of 1904-1905 between Russia and Japan—collectivization of agriculture (disastrous policy of communist Russia around 1930 and China in the 1950s)—Saransk, capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia—draft unequal treaty of Livadia (Crimea) of 1879 between Russia and Qing China, subsequently renegotiated— |