In the seventeenth century, there was a state in the Far East, which was not afraid of either the Russian tsar or the Chinese emperor. A state founded by outlaws, adventurers, escaped peasants and prisoners of war, and ruled by Poles fleeing the revenge of the tsar. This almost forgotten country was called Jaxa and its founder and ruler was a Polish nobleman - Nicefor Czernichowski. He built a fortified fort on Amur, in the tribal lands of the Dauras, together with a group of Cossacks. He surrounded it with a spire and a palisade. He had to resist Russian invasions, he also had active diplomatic relations with Beijing. In the end, he agreed to pay tribute to Russia. In 1669, he assumed the authority of the Russian Empire. Three years later he was appointed the voivode of Alabazin. In 1675, the Poles attacked China with Russia, and during this trip, Nicefor himself died. His sons took over the power. In 1686, Chinese troops appeared over Amur, which after a long siege, burned the city. In 1689 Compliant with the treaty, they were to remain an uninhabited borderland between Russia and China.
Sources of information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxa_(state)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikifor_Chernigovsky
Kingdom Jaxa
Proclamation of the State:1665
Conquest of Jaxa by Chinese Empire:1685
Capital:Albazino
Common languages:Polish
Religion:Roman catholicism, Eastern orthodoxy
Leader:Nicefor Czernichowski
Flag:
The exact location marked on the map in red
A map from the 18th century with the marked town of Jaxa.
From 1669, the Russian tsar received a tribute from the Jaxa country (Albazin and surrounding villages), which impacted on the tsar's decision to formally acknowledge Chernigovsky as the lord of Jaxa in 1674.
The creation of the state could be due to the event, this is just a suggestion
Sources of information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaxa_(state)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikifor_Chernigovsky
Kingdom Jaxa
Proclamation of the State:1665
Conquest of Jaxa by Chinese Empire:1685
Capital:Albazino
Common languages:Polish
Religion:Roman catholicism, Eastern orthodoxy
Leader:Nicefor Czernichowski
Flag:
The exact location marked on the map in red
A map from the 18th century with the marked town of Jaxa.
From 1669, the Russian tsar received a tribute from the Jaxa country (Albazin and surrounding villages), which impacted on the tsar's decision to formally acknowledge Chernigovsky as the lord of Jaxa in 1674.
The creation of the state could be due to the event, this is just a suggestion
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