On this day, 133 years ago, on November 15, 1892 (the 26th of the ninth lunar month), Tsarist Russia raised the Pamir demarcation issue with the Qing government.

On November 15, 1892, Cassini, the Russian minister to China, was ordered to propose to the Qing government the issue of negotiating the demarcation of Pamir. Pamir, known as Onion Ridge in ancient times, has been China's territory since 60 BC, and the central government still exercised effective rule over it until the Qing Dynasty. More than 20 large and small Karun sites were set up. After the elimination of Agubai's aggression in 1878, the Qing government added 7 Karun sites here. From 1876 to 1890, Czarist Russia sent more than 10 groups of "expedition teams" to infiltrate the Pamir area of our country. In July 1891, Colonel Yonov even sent more than 300 horsemen, infantry, and artillery troops to invade Pamir, and robbed the Sumantash Monument written by Emperor Qianlong to pacify the size of the back and the passage of the Zhuomu rebellion. In 1892, Yonov led more than 1,500 invading troops to invade the Pamir area twice, blatantly violating the provisions of the 1884 Sino-Russian Treaty on the Renewal of the Kagar Boundary, forcibly occupying more than 20,000 square kilometers of Chinese territory, including Langkuri, Aktash Pingchuan, and Alzur, west of the Sarekol Ridge. The Qing government protested to the Russian government many times and asked the Czarist Russia to withdraw the invading army. The Czarist Russia tried to "legalize" its occupation through negotiation, so it asked China and Russia to hold demarcation negotiations. During the talks, Cassini proposed that the Sarekole Ridge be the border between China and Russia. Xu Jingcheng, the Chinese minister to Russia, refuted the unreasonable request of the Czarist Russia on grounds, but the Czarist Russia refused to negotiate with Xu. On April 16, 1893, the Qing government sent Chang Qing, the counselor to France of the Han Dynasty, to negotiate with the Russian Foreign Minister Giles. Chang Qing advocated the demarcation of the border according to the Czarist Treaty, and argued on grounds, so that Giles was at a loss. However, due to the insincerity of the Czarist Russia, taking advantage of China's defeat in the Sino-Japanese War in the First Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese government reached an agreement with France to divide the Chinese Pamir territory west of the Sarekole Ridge behind its back. In this regard, the Chinese government expressed to Russia and the United Kingdom that the Chinese government does But the Russian government simply ignored China's sovereignty and continued its illegal occupation.