In the late Qing Dynasty, due to the incompetence of the corrupt rulers of the Qing government, the situation at that time was turbulent and many wars occurred. Because the weak Qing government was so humiliated, many lands were ceded, leaving the vast China fragmented, which also became a feast for the plunderers.
When it comes to territorial occupation, we have to mention Russia at that time. Russia was affected by the Crimean War at that time, and suffered heavy losses in the process of Western expansion, so it did not forget to "turn back" and turned its greedy blood basin to the East. China has a rich and vast land, which naturally attracted the attention of Russia, and since then Russia has embarked on a road of plunder.
First of all, we can trace it back to the outbreak of the First Opium War, when Russia took the opportunity to break into Heilongjiang and arbitrarily occupy land in Heilongjiang. At that time, the country could not secure land, and the Russian military occupation was successful.
Then the Second Opium War broke out, the Anglo-French coalition army captured Guangzhou, the Qing government was worried about internal and external troubles, precarious, the people's lives were difficult, backward and poor, and the Treaty of Tianjin was signed after the war.
At such a critical moment, greedy Russia beat a rake, making the Qing government at that time even worse. Muravyov was assigned to lead the Russian army to rush to Yaohun, and as a last resort, the general signed the Treaty of Yaohun with them.
This treaty should not be underestimated, it dedicated 600,000 square kilometers of land to Russia, and the north was scattered and suffered heavy losses. What is even more cunning is that this treaty has also turned 400,000 square kilometers of territory into "Sino-Russian condominium", and such cunning means are lamentable.
The cunning and greedy Russia did not participate in the war, but seized such a shocking large area of land, just looking at the map, is enough to arouse anger, such a means, and even caused shock and dissatisfaction in other countries, which shows how wanton Russia was at that time, and how helpless and weak the Qing government was.
Although the 400,000 square kilometers of territory were still ostensibly belonging to China at that time, Russia was determined to win it, and they would not be satisfied with it. The Sino-Russian Beijing Treaty is the best proof of this. After the signing of the agreement, 400,000 square kilometers of territory were officially owned by it. Russian plunder always takes advantage of the country's crisis to take advantage of the country's crisis, and it is as wanton as if it were "spoils of war".
What is even more infuriating is that Russia has not stopped its aggression against China, nor has the vast northwest frontier been spared, and the "Sino-Russian Treaty on The Survey and Division of the Northwest Boundary" was also signed under duress. Outer Mongolia is also doomed.
The most regrettable thing is that although China, which gradually became stronger later, gradually wanted to return some land, there were still some difficulties in returning, and the possibility of returning it was small, and the great rivers and mountains of the motherland were given to others in vain.
At that time, Russia cheated China of 1.5 million square kilometers of land step by step, how can it not make people angry and unwilling? It can be said that the youth is strong and the country is strong, and today's Chinese should not forget the national shame, revitalize China, and never let any inch of China's land be handed over to people, China's land can not be less, only when the country is strong can those greedy predators be out of reach.
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