 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mashoko eHondo yeCrimea akasvika kumabvazuva ari kure muna July. Muna September uto rehondo reEngland neFrance rakakundwa paKukombwa kwePetropavlovsk. Achifunga kuti Petropavlovsk yakanga isingagoni kudzivirirwa, Muravyov akarayira Rear Admiral Vasily Zavoyko kuti aendese mauto ake kunharaunda yeAmur. Muna May 1855, mauto aCharles Elliot akawana Zavoyko paDe Kastri Bay kumaodzanyemba kweCape Nevelskoy paTatar Strait. Vachivharirwa nemhute, Zavoiko akadzokera kuchamhembe kumuromo weAmur, izvo zvakavhiringidza vaBritain sezvo vaifunga kuti Sakhalin yakanga yakabatana nenyika yacho. Muna 1855, Muravyov akatumira uto revarume 3 000 kuAmur, kusanganisira vagari vemo. VaChina vakataura kuti ikoku kwakanga kusiri pamutemo, asi havana kuita chinhu. Uyewo muna 1855, Russia neJapan dzakasaina Chibvumirano cheShimoda icho chakagadzirisa kwekanguva kukakavadzana kwavo muSakhalin neKuril Islands. Mumiririri weRussia akanga ari Admiral Putyatin ona pasi apa. 