At that time, the tsar ** forcibly ceded a large amount of land from our country, becoming the country that took the most land from China in the world.
During the Soviet era, China and the Soviet Union originally had certain negotiations on the territory, but in the end they were resolved because of the hostility between the two sides, which also became a major unresolved problem between China and the Soviet Union.
It was not until the establishment of Russia that China and Russia resumed territorial negotiations again.
Although many of the territories forcibly occupied by Tsarist Russia can no longer be recovered in legal terms, in order to show goodwill to our country, Russia has returned our land four times after Putin came to power.
Many people think that the four pieces of land returned by Russia are too small, but this has promoted the promotion of the Sino-Russian strategic cooperative partnership.
In a sense, the symbolism of these four plots of land may be even greater.
When Russia first returned the territory of our country, Putin was also the prime minister of Russia.
In the 90s of the last century, Russia had just become independent from the Soviet Union, and the whole country could be said to be in ruins, and in the face of huge pressure on national defense, as well as various domestic problems, Russia had to start thinking about how to have good relations with China.
The Soviet Union's million-strong army once stretched across the Sino-Soviet border, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was no longer possible to maintain such a military presence.
Therefore, Russia decided to return part of the territory of China's northeastern border and the Siberian Primorsky Territory, which were not mentioned in various previous agreements, but have always been occupied by Russian troops.
This time, Russia chose to return 9 square kilometers of land, although the return area is not large, but it is good news for our country, because it represents that Putin or Russia has released a signal to be friendly to China, and it also means that the two once tense neighbors are likely to seek further reconciliation in the future, which also lays the foundation for Putin to sign a series of border agreements with China after he really becomes the first.
It can be said that the 9 square kilometers of land returned this time are also precious.
During Putin's first term, Putin urgently needed the support of many countries, including China, in the international community, so he chose to work with China to survey the land in the border area from Hunchun to Hassan.
As a result of this survey, a piece of land was returned to China, which was only 5 square kilometers but was a small weight, because it represented an important outcome of the border talks between China and Russia, and a sign of Russia's willingness to acknowledge its past history of aggression.
This is quite important, because as long as a country opens this hole, other countries will no longer have any psychological burden on the issue of returning Chinese territory, and they will naturally be willing to soften.
After this return, the two sides carried out a certain degree of survey of this line, and after the survey, 10 square kilometers of land in the border area of Hassan were also returned to the embrace of the motherland.
This border survey is extremely constructive for both sides, and China highly praises Russia's various practices in dealing with the border issue, in fact, it is also a wake-up call to the countries that coveted the territory of the South China Sea at that time, showing that countries like Russia are still willing to return their territory, and those countries that want to forcibly occupy China's islands and reefs, what do you want to do? The 2004 Sino-Russian agreement can be said to have laid a friendly foundation for Sino-Russian diplomacy.
Since then, the two sides have held a series of meetings related to border surveys, and ministers and meetings have been held frequently, which has greatly helped to promote Sino-Russian relations, especially in cooperation in people's livelihood and other aspects, and China and Russia have also been in full swing through these land returns.
Finally, in 2008, the two sides reached another agreement that Russia would return all of Yinlong Island and half of Black Blind Island to China, which would be larger than the total area of the previous returns, reaching 200 square kilometers.
Putin has returned our land four times, how important are these territories to our country? Although these territories may not even be considered leaders compared to the more than 1 million square kilometers of territory that Tsarist Russia bit off from China back then, they are also a good start.
For many years, Russia has been returning Chinese territory as agreed, which also shows Putin's determination to do what he says on the issue of resolving Sino-Russian relations.
Putin has been using various means to increase his approval ratings at home and abroad, which is obviously a very clever strategy.
Putin's return of China's territory is not large, but it is very crucial, which is a very important boost to China's national defense and security.
There are many countries around our country, and Putin's choice to return the territory when the South China Sea was at its most violent actually shows Russia's respect for China's territorial sovereignty and China's territorial integrity.
In fact, this is also a signal to those countries that have relations with Russia that it is better to maintain an attitude of friendship and cooperation with China, after all, even Russia needs to return Chinese territory, and other countries had better not act rashly.
Although the problems left over from the past cannot be ended in a short period of time, there is no doubt that these repatriations have further narrowed the distance between China and Russia, and made the exchanges between China and Russia even closer.
The close relationship between China and Russia has also allowed China to drive Russia's development with rapid development, which has played a great role in Russia.
The settlement of the territorial issue can be said to be the inevitable trend of modern historical development.
Under Putin's leadership, countries such as Tajikistan have also actively communicated with our country to resolve the territorial issue, which is a great thing, and Putin has indeed brought benefits to Russia through this means.