Outer Manchuria

Outer Manchuria

1. The portion of Manchuria falling outside of Northeast China, that was lost from China by the Qing dynasty to the Russian Empire.
   • 2009, Christopher Meyer, Getting Our Way: 500 Years of Adventure and Intrigue: The Inside Story of British Diplomacy‎, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, page 181:

     In particular, Elliot found himself confronted by a redoubtable opponent in Count Nikolai Pavlovich Ignatyev, the Russian Ambassador to the Sublime Porte. Ignatyev was cunning, agile and bold. He had had adventures aplenty and narrow escapes in Central Asia, where he had sought to build Russian influence. A particularly nimble piece of diplomacy had led to his acquiring Outer Manchuria from the Chinese Emperor.

• Inner Manchuria

• South Manchuria

• Russian Far East

• Boli, Jiangdong, Kuye, Hailanpao, Haishenwei