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The Treaty of Saint Petersburg was signed in 1875 between Japan and Russia. Its terms stipulated that Japan give up any right on Sakhalin island in exchange for the Kuril islands up to the Kamchatka peninsula.

The Treaty of Shimoda left Sakhalin's territory without well defined borders, leading to incidents between Russian and Japanese settlers. In order to remedy this situation the Japanese government sent an ambassador, Takeaki Enoboto, to St Petersburg to clearly define Sakhalin territory.

Saint Petersburg (1603 words)
	Saint Petersburg, the imperial residence and second capital of Russia, lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland.
	The district of Ingermannland, that is, the territory between Lake Peipus, the Narova River, and Lake Ladoga, in which St. Petersburg is situated, belonged in the Middle Ages to the Grand Duchy of Novgorod, and later to Moscow.
	The parochial care of the Catholics of St. Petersburg was given to secular priests, and in 1816 to the Dominicans who have been in the city continuously until the present time.

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