only one priest and three junior clerics survived. The fifth article of the Treaty of Kyakhta authorized the permanent presence of a church, a priest with three assistants and six students to learn the local language. One of these, Alexei Leontev, helped negotiate the 1768 convention of Kyakhta. See also Russians in China Harbin Russians Russians in Hong Kong Notes References Encyclopaedia of Cossackdom (USA, 1966-70) D. Pozdnyayev. Orthodoxy in China (1900-1997). [Православие в Китае (1900-1997 гг.)]. Moscow, 1998. Serebebrennikov, J. J.; The Albazinians; China Journal, Vol. 17 (1932), p. 10-13 Zizevskaya E.S. The Albazinians in China. Vladivostok, 2005. Russian sub-ethnic groups Social groups of Russia Eastern Orthodoxy in China Ethnic groups in China Russian diaspora in China History of Beijing History of the Cossacks in Russia Cossack diaspora History of Christianity in China 1685 establishments in China