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East Tartary, or Maritime Tartary, are old names for Manchu territory extending from the confluence of the River Amur with the River Ussuri to Sakhalin Island. This area is now the Primorsky Krai with Vladivostok as regional administrative center. The Manchu (manju in Manchu; 滿族 (pinyin: mǎnzú) in Chinese, often shortened to 滿 (pinyin: mǎn) are an ethnic group who originated in Manchuria. ... A confluence is the merger or meeting of two or more objects (or subjects) that seem to inseparably bind their respective forces or attributes into a point of junction. ... ... Sakhalin (Russian: Сахалин), also Saghalien, 库页岛 (Ku Ye Dao, Chinese), or Karafuto (Japanese: 樺太) is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N, in East Siberia, Russia. ... The Primorsky Krai (Russian: Примо́рский край), also known as Primorye (Примо́рье), is one of Russias 89 federal subjects (also referred to as members of the Federation). Krai is a term used to refer to several of Russias administrative units. ... Vladivostok Train Station Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к  listen ) is a city in Russia. ...


These lands were once occupied by the Mohe tribes and Jurchen nation; and also by the old Korean kingdoms of Paekche, Shilla and Parhae, and the Liao and Khitan kingdoms. The Mohe (靺鞨, Korean: Malgal, 말갈), were a Tungusic tribe in ancient Manchuria. ... The Jurchens (Chinese: 女真, pinyin: nǚzhēn) were a Tungusic people who inhabited parts of Manchuria and northern Korea until the seventeenth century, when they became the Manchus. ... Baekje was a kingdom in southwestern Korea. ... This article is about the ancient Korean kingdom of Silla. ... Alternate meaning: Bohai Sea Bo Hai / Bohai (or in the Korean context Balhae) was a kingdom in northeast Asia from AD 698 to 926, occupying parts of Manchuria, northern Korea, and Russian Far East. ... Liaoning (Simplified Chinese: 辽宁; Traditional Chinese: 遼寧; pinyin: Liáoníng) is a northeastern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Khitan, in Chinese Qidan (契丹 Pinyin: Qìdān), were an ethnic group which dominated much of Manchuria and was classified in Chinese history as one of the Tungus ethnic groups (東胡族 dōng hú zú). ...


According to Sheng-Wu-Chi ("Our august dynasty military realizations inform") Ming dynasty chronicle, in this land were established the Tungus Weji,Warka and Kurka tribes. Later these were unified in Manchu Qing Empire with Nurhaci as leader and founder. These lands were lost to Peking under a treaty. The Ming Dynasty (Chinese: 明朝; Pinyin: míng cháo also called 大明帝国 The Great Ming Empire) was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, though claims to the Ming throne (now collectively called the Southern Ming) survived until 1662. ... Tungus can mean several things: Tungus is an obsolete term for the Evenks of Russia. ... Warka is a town in central Poland, located on the left bank of Pilica river (60 kilometers south of Warsaw), with 11,300 inhabitants. ... The Qing Dynasty (Manchu: daicing gurun; Chinese: 清朝; pinyin: qīng cháo; Wade-Giles: ching chao), sometimes known as the Manchu Dynasty, was founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China expanded into China proper and the surrounding territories of Inner Asia, establishing the... Also known as Emperor Tai Zu, Nurhaci or Nurgaci (Chinese: 努爾哈赤) (1559-September 30, 1626; r. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking), is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China. ...


Precisely nearest this land stay the Ku-Ye-Dao (Chinese) or Fu-Sang (Korean) island, better known as Karafuto or Sakhalin; here in recent times Russian archaeologists have found remains of ancient cities with walls and castles. These may correspond with the ancient Manchu nation, or possibly during Mongol or Tungus times, or the Parhae kingdom. Karafuto (樺太, literal meaning: Fat Birch, Ainu: Karaputo or Kraftu),(in German:Sachalin or Karafuto)(in French:Karafouto or Sakhaline),(in Spanish:Karafuto or Sakhalin)(in english:Karafuto or Sakhalin)(in Russian:Sakhalin or Saghalien),(in Manchu:Saghalien),(in Korean:Fu-Sang(?)),(in Chinese:Ku-Ye-Dao), formerly known as... Sakhalin (Russian: ), also Saghalien, Kuye (Chinese: 库页岛; pinyin: ), or Karafuto (Japanese: ) is a large elongated island in the North Pacific, lying between 45° 50 and 54° 24 N, in Far East, Russia. ... Honorary guard of Mongolia. ... Tungus can mean several things: Tungus is an obsolete term for the Evenks of Russia. ...


These lands were visited by Japanese explorers, Mamiya Rinzo and others, who reported on the various important cities and ports, such as Haishenwei (present day Vladivostok). From just these lands and nearby Hulun (Amur area) Japanese have claimed North Asian ancestors, who settled North Japan. Haishenwei is the old Chinese (Han) name for the most important city and port (and possibly capital) of East Tartary, a Manchu province. ... Hulun was the original Manchu and Tungus name of the territory from the Stanovoi mountains to the Amur river, why comprend at north manchu coast and Shantar Archipelago. ...


Other ancient cities in the region are: Tetyukhe (now Dalnegorsk) and probably Deleng, an important commercial imperial post according to some records. Dalnegorsk (Russian: Дальнего́рск) is a town located in Primorsky Krai, Russia, at 44. ...


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