^oS . T R A N S A C T I O x\ S BETWEEN 



•appointed on the confines of Siberia : one called Ki- 

 atcbta, from a rivulet of that name near which it 

 Hands ; and the other Zuruchaitu : at thefe places a 

 free trade was reciprocally indulged to the fiibje6ls of 

 the two nations. 



A perraiffion was at the fame time obtained for 

 building a RuiFian church within the precinfe of their 

 caravanfary ; and for the celebration of divine fervice, 

 four priefts were allowed to relide at Pekin •••''. The 

 lame favour was alio extended to fome Ruffian Scholars t, 



* The firft Ruffian church at Pekin was built for the accommodation 

 of the Ruffians taken prifoners at Albafin. Thefe perfons were carried 

 to Pekin, and the place appointed for their habitation in that city was 

 called the Ruffian Street, a name it ftill CGtains. They were fo well re- 

 ceived by the Chinefe, that, upon the condUiiion of the treaty of Ncr- 

 fhlnik, they refufed to reiurn to their native countr}-. And as they 

 intermarried with the Chinefe women, their dcfcendants are quite na- 

 turalized ; and have for the mofl part adopted not only the language, 

 but even the religion of the Chinefe. Hence, the above-mentioned 

 church, though it ftill exifls, is no longer applied to the purpofc of 

 divine worfliip : its prieft was transferred to the church, which was built 

 within the walls of the caravanfary. 



-}- The good effedis of this inftitution have already been perceived. 

 A Ruffian, whofe name is Leonticff, after having refided ten years at 

 Pekin, is returned to Peterfburg. He has given feveral tranflations and 

 extradts of fome interefting Chinefe publications, viz. Part of the Hiftory 

 of China ; the Code of the Chinefe Laws ; Account of the Towns and 

 Revenues, &c. of the Chinefe Empire, cxtrafted from a Treatife of 

 Geography, lately printed at Pekin. A ffiort account of this Extraft is 

 given in the Journal of St. Peterfburg for April, 1779. 



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