Chónghòu hé Éguó qiān de tiáoyuē ràngchū le Yīlí de dàpiàn tǔdì, Qīngtíng jùjué pīzhǔn.
The treaty Chonghou signed with Russia gave up much of the Ili region, and the Qing court refused to ratify it.
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usage
Like most Manchu bannermen he went by his given name alone, so 崇厚 is not the surname 崇 plus a given name. His clan was the 完颜.
history
In 1870 he went to France as envoy to apologise after the Tianjin incident. Sent to Russia in 1878, he signed the 里瓦几亚条约 the next year; the court rejected it, sentenced him to death, pardoned him in 1880, and sent 曾纪泽 to win better terms in 1881.
