Articles
The Treaty had eleven articles, the core of which dealt with commercial relations and diplomatic immunities. (note that this list, probably from Perdue, differs somewhat from the list given by March.)
- Articles I and XI spoke of eternal peace and cooperation between the two nations, and concerned itself with the language and organization of the rest of the document.
- Article II dealt with the exchange of fugitives.
- Article III, along with VII, delineated the new borders, leaving only territory along the Irtysh River unassigned. The fate of this land, according to the treaty, would be determined in the future by ambassadors or further correspondence between the two nations' capitals.
- Article VI dealt with commercial relations; from this treaty and others, Russia gained far more favorable commercial arrangements with the Chinese than most European countries, who traveled by sea and traded at Canton.
- Article V allowed for the establishment of a Russian religious institution in Beijing.
- Article VI, along with IX, concerned itself with the forms and modes of diplomatic intercourse between the two nations, both of which had complex systems of bureaucracy and protocol.
- Article VIII, along with X, discussed the methods and procedures for settling future disputes.
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