Russia-China relations

In 1685 and 1686, Chinese troops twice tried to conquer this Russian city on the Amur.

• Albazin

• Blagoveshchensk

• Khabarovsk

• Nikolaevsk-on-Amur

Answer explanation

Yes, this city was conquered twice by Chinese troops and was eventually destroyed by them.

The name of the first treaty between Russia and China

• Treaty of Aigun

• Treaty of Nerchinsk

• Burinsky Treaty

• Treaty of Kulja

Answer explanation

Signed in 1689, it became the first treaty between Russia and China and established the border of the two countries for the first time.

What was the main product for Chinese exports to Russia in the 18th and 19th centuries?

• Ginseng

• Fur

• Rice

• Tea

The center of tea trade with China was Kyakhta city. In addition, it has developed a Russian-Chinese hybrid in this area. What is it?

• Architecture

• Religion

• Ethnic group

• Language

Answer explanation

Kyakhta developed its own pidgin language based on Russian and Chinese, which was used by Chinese merchants.

According to the Treaty of Beijing, signed between Russia and China in 1860, Russia had got the territory of ________

• Buryatia

• Transbaikal Region

• Amur Region

• Primorsky Krai

Which Russian finance minister had the idea of building the Sino-Eastern Railway that ran through China?

• Nikolai Bunge

• Ivan Vyshnegradsky

• Sergey Witte

• Eduard Pleske

Answer explanation

Yes, the China-East Railway was his idea. It connected Vladivostok and Russia, passing through the territory of China.

Which port did Russia rent in 1898?

• Hong Kong

• Port Arthur

• Qingdao

• Shanghai

Answer explanation

Yes, this ice-free port was supposed to become Russia's main city in Asia, but the defeat in the Russian-Japanese War changed these plans.

The well—known slogan "The Russian and the Chinese are brothers forever" actually came from…

• Speech by Mao Zedong

• Book by Leonid Brezhnev

• Speech by Joseph Stalin

• Popular song

Answer explanation

Yes, this is the first line of the song "Moscow — Beijing".

Which island caused the border conflict between China and the USSR in 1969?

• Bolshoy Ussuriyskiy Island

• Damansky Island

• Kutuzov Island

• Gibberish Island

Answer explanation

Yes, it was precisely because of this island that a local conflict with China began: from March 2 to March 16, 1969, 58 Soviet soldiers died in the battles for Damansky.

Relations with China have been normalized under this General Secretary

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Yuri Andropov

• Konstantin Chernenko

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer explanation

Relations between the two countries improved after Mikhail Gorbachev's visit to Beijing in the spring of 1989.