Khalkha Federation
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Was a confederation of Khalkha Mongols in northwestern Mongolia.
Establishment
January 1635: The Khalkha Federation is established in north-western Mongolia.
Chronology
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Were a series of intermittent skirmishes between the Qing dynasty of China and the Tsardom of Russia in which the latter tried and failed to gain the land north of the Amur River.
June 1643: In 1643, the native tribes of the Amour region submitted to the Qing Empire, under the rule of Emperor Hong Taiji.
January 1650: In 1649 Yerofei Khabarov found a better route to the upper Amur and quickly returned to Yakutsk where he recommended that a larger force be sent to conquer the region. He returned the same year and built winter quarters at Albazin at the northernmost point on the river. He occupied the Daur's fort Albazin after subduing the Daurs led by Arbaši.
Were a series of military and exploration campaigns where Russia gradually extended into the territories of northeastern Asia.
January 1650: In 1649, Russian explorer Erofei Khabarov founded the city of Albazin in the Far East of Russia, in the territory covering the left-bank basin of the Amur River.
January 1645: Manchu Expansion by 1644.
Disestablishment
January 1668: In 1667 the Dzungurs captured Erinchin Lobsang Tayiji, the third and last Altan Khan of the Khalkha Federation.
Selected Sources
Li, M.L. (2012): The Garden of perfect brightness - 1 The Yuanmingyuan as Imperial Paradise (1700-1860). Massachusetts Institue of Technology. Retrieved on 7 April on https://visualizingcultures.mit.edu/garden_perfect_brightness/ymy1_essay01.html
