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Battle Of Hutong (1654)
The Battle of Hutong was a military conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty which occurred in the spring of 1654 on the Songhua River. Koreans, Korean musketeers were also present from Joseon. It resulted in the retreat of Russians, Russian forces. Background In 1652, Qing dynasty, Qing troops led by Haise unsuccessfully attacked the Russian fort at Battle of Achansk (1652), Achansk. Two years later Qing forces returned and forced the Daurs, Daur villages to relocate away from the Amur River into the valley of the Songhua River, depriving the Russians of provisions. On 26 March 1654, 152 soldiers from Joseon under the leadership of Byeon Geup departed from Hoeryeong. They joined the Manchus, Manchu forces at Ningguta after eight days of travelling. Faced with depleting supplies, the Cossacks abandoned their fortresses and ventured into the inner Amur valley where they encountered the Qing-Joseon forces. Battle On 27 April 1654, Onufriy Stepanov and his men e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songhua River
The Songhua Postal Romanization, or Sunghwa River (also Haixi or Xingal, russian: Сунгари ''Sungari'') is one of the primary List of rivers of China, rivers of China, and the longest tributary of the Amur. It flows about from the Changbai Mountains on the China–North Korea border through China's northeastern Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces. The river drains of land, and has an annual discharge of to . The extreme flatness of the Northeast China Plain has caused the river to meander over time, filling the wide plain with oxbow lakes, as remnants of the previous paths of the river. Geography The Songhua rises south of Heaven Lake, near the China-North Korea border. From there it flows north, to be interrupted by the Baishan Dam, Baishan, Hongshi Dam, Hongshi and Fengman Dam, Fengman hydroelectricity, hydroelectric dams. The Fengman Dam forms a lake that stretches for . Below the dam, the Second Songhua flows north through Jilin, then northwest until it is joined b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
