jan 1, 1792 - 1792—Russian Ship Lands in Japan

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A Russian expedition sent by Catherine the Great, and led by Professor Adam Laxman, landed in Ezo (now Hokkaido) in 1792. The Japanese allowed the Russians to spend the winter, but not to establish trade. In 1804, an expedition led by Nicolai Petrovich Rezanov arrived in Japan to set up trade relations, but was again rebuffed. In response, the Russians raided Japanese communities in the Kurile islands. Russian traders, during the reign of Peter the Great, from 1682 1725, made numerous unsuccessful attempts to establish trade relations.

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