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Before long, however, the Russians decided to sue for peace, knowing it would be difficult if not impossible to defend such a large area indefinitely. With [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] serving as interpreters, Russian and Qing officials met at Nerchinsk in [[1689]] and signed a treaty which fixed the Russian-Chinese borders according to the watersheds of the Amur, Argun, and Gorbitsa Rivers, for the most part the borders which remain today.
Before long, however, the Russians decided to sue for peace, knowing it would be difficult if not impossible to defend such a large area indefinitely. With [[Society of Jesus|Jesuits]] serving as interpreters, Russian and Qing officials met at Nerchinsk in [[1689]] and signed a treaty which fixed the Russian-Chinese borders according to the watersheds of the Amur, Argun, and Gorbitsa Rivers, for the most part the borders which remain today.
During the negotiations, the Russians also pressed that, in future, Russian diplomats should be permitted to present their diplomatic credentials directly to the Emperor, and not to functionaries, in accordance with European norms. The request is denied, as the Qing officials involved in the negotiations insist they do not have the power to alter court protocols.<ref>Ta-Tuan Ch’en, “Sino–Liu-Ch'iuan Relations in the Nineteenth Century,” PhD dissertation, Indiana University, 1963, 129n106.</ref>
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