Zheltuga Republic | |||||||||
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| 1883–1886 | |||||||||
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| Status | Unrecognized proto-state | ||||||||
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• 1883–1885 | Karl Fassi | ||||||||
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• Established | 1883 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1886 | ||||||||
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Zheltuga
Location of Zheltuga within Heilongjiang province, China
The Zheltuga Republic (Chinese: 熱爾圖加共和國; pinyin: Rè'ěrtújiā Gònghéguó; Russian: Желтугинская республика, Zheltuginskaya Respublika), or simply Zheltuga, was a short-lived 19th-century proto-state in the Amur river basin set up by Russian and Chinese gold miners illegally settling on Chinese territory ruled by the Qing dynasty. It was nicknamed "California on the Amur" (referencing the California Gold Rush).[1] Its population reached 12,000 prospectors at its peak.[2][note 1] However, the proto-state was crushed by the Qing forces by 1886.[3]
- ^ a b Egorov, Boris (3 February 2021). "How Russians secretly set up their own 'California' in China". Russia Beyond.
- ^ Gamsa, Mark (2003). "California on the Amur, or the 'Zheltuga Republic' in Manchuria (1883-86)". The Slavonic and East European Review. 81 (2): 236–266. doi:10.1353/see.2003.0140. JSTOR 4213684. S2CID 151411819.
- ^ "California on the Amur, or the 'Zheltuga Republic' in Manchuria (1883-86)". Retrieved September 9, 2023.
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