How was Sakhalin Island ceded from the Qing Dynasty?

Sakhalin Island, renamed Sakhalin Island by Russians, is located in the southeast of Heilongjiang estuary, with an area of about 70,000 square kilometers, which is equivalent to two islands of Taiwan Province Province or 10 Shanghai. The whole island looks like a fish and has a lot of mineral resources.

During the Tang Gaozong period, Sakhalin surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with the conquest of Koguryo, but the relationship between the two sides was mainly tribute at that time, and the residents of Sakhalin only regarded the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain.

It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that Sakhalin Island was formally brought into the jurisdiction of Liaoyang Province, which was the first time that China brought Sakhalin Island into the administrative scope. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that Sakhalin Island was placed under the management of Ningguta.

Later, the Qing government and Russia signed the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar, which stipulated that the territory of China is north of Heilongjiang, south of Xing 'an Mountains, and grbic River and Ergon River reach the sea in the east. It was formally established that Sakhalin Island belonged to the territory of China, and later Kangxi sent officials to compile households on the island.

But the problem is that when signing this treaty, the Russians did not know the existence of Sakhalin Island. China's cognition is that Sakhalin Island is located within the Sino-Russian border, so even at sea, it belongs to the territory of China. Therefore, when signing the Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar, the two sides did not specify the ownership of Sakhalin Island.

As a result, the Russian Expeditionary Force unexpectedly discovered sakhalin island, so they not only declared sovereignty in sakhalin island, but also sent officials to sakhalin island to collect taxes.

At that time, Sakhalin's people did not dare to offend Russia, so they paid tribute to Russia without telling the Qing government. Therefore, in many historical documents of Russia, Sakhalin Island has been the territory of Russia since ancient times.

Later, as the influence of the Qing government gradually weakened, Russia began to encroach on the territory of outer Manchuria, and Sakhalin Island gradually broke away from the control of the Qing government. By 1858, tsarist Russia forced the Qing government to sign the "Love Faint Treaty" and the "Beijing Treaty", clearly stipulating that Sakhalin Island belonged to Russia and Sakhalin Island officially became Russian territory.

Later, after the rise of Japan, it competed with Russia for the control of northeast China. In the end, it ended in the failure of Russia.

The defeated tsarist Russia ceded the territory south of 50 degrees north latitude of Sakhalin Island to Japan, and Sakhalin Island entered the era of partition between north and south. Until 1945, the Soviet Union launched the August storm, attacked Sakhalin Island, and then took full control of the island.

After the founding of New China, with the increasing national strength of China, many territories once occupied by foreign powers returned to the embrace of the motherland, such as the return of Hongkong and Macao. However, these are leased lands, and Sakhalin Island is a black-and-white territorial division. Coupled with the special relationship between China and the Soviet Union at that time, few people mentioned Sakhalin Island.

Now Sakhalin Island, there is no trace of China. The two stone tablets of Sakhalin Island in Yongle period have long since disappeared, and even the architectural style of Sakhalin Island has completely changed. Looking around, there are Russian buildings and some Japanese buildings everywhere. More than 90% of its residents are Russian immigrants and have nothing to do with China people.