The Declaration of Opposition to Japan’s Forced Annexation of Korea Primorsky Krai, Vladivostok, Seongmyeonghoe
Changes in the Russian Far East
As Primorsky Krai encompassing Kamchatsky Krai, Uda, and Preamuriye was formed in the East Siberia in late 1865, Russia reoccupied Amur Oblast which had been lost in the late 17th century. With the signing of the Convention of Peking in 1860, Primorsky Krai incorporated the vast Southern Ussuri Krai adjacent to Uda in the north, Manchuria in the west, Ussuri Cossacks in the northwest, Manchuria and some part of Joseon in the south, and the Strait of Tartary and Pyotr Velikiy Bay in the east. As the southern boundary of Primorsky Krai went down to Duman River, Russia became adjacent to a new neighboring country, Joseon, in the Far East.
Lee Hang-jun, Assistant professor at Seoul Women’s University Department of History