Aigun

Aigun (Chinese瑷 珲/瑷 珲/爱 珲, Pinyin Àihún; Manchu: Aihūn hoton ), actually Aihui (Chinese爱辉 镇, Pinyin Aihui Zhen ) is a large village in the district Aihui the prefecture-level city of Heihe in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The place is known under various names and spellings and is now on the right bank of the Heilong Jiang in northern Manchuria. The United municipality has an area of 211 km ² and approximately 11,800 inhabitants ( end of 2009).

History

The place was formerly known as the " Saghalien Ula hoton " ( Manchu: sahaliyan ulai hoton Chinese:黑龙江 城Pinyin: Heilongjiang cheng ) is known. The city was first founded on the left bank of the Heilong Jiang, below the mouth of the creek Seja, but was abandoned. The New Town was founded in 1684 in the Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty.

Aigun and Russia

In May 1858 the Treaty of Aigun was closed in the old Aigun between the Russian Governor-General of Eastern Siberia Nikolai Murawjow - Amur and the Chinese commander in chief of the Chinese army Yishan, in which large areas of the left side of the Heilong Jiang were ceded to Russia.

During the so-called Boxer Rebellion in 1900 Aihui was the scene of a military operation against the Russians ( Aihui Baowei zhan瑷 珲 保卫 战) for a few weeks.

Neustadt

Since 2001, the " site of the Town of Aigun " (Chinese Aihui xincheng Yizhi瑷 珲 新城 遗址) is on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China ( 5-480 ).

Administrative Divisions

A large village Aihui consists of 16 villages. These are: