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. |