Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula

{{Short description|1898 treaty leasing Port Arthur to the Russians}}{{Infobox treaty

| name = Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula

| image = Karta Manʹchzhurīi LOC 2019585142.jpg

| caption = Map of Manchuria, 1901

| date_signed = {{start date and age|27 March 1898}}

| location_signed = Beijing, Qing dynasty

| signatories = * {{flagdeco|Russian Empire}} {{Ill|Alexander Pavlov (diplomat)|lt=Alexander Pavlov|ru|Павлов, Александр Иванович (дипломат)}}

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• {{flagdeco|Qing dynasty}} Li Hongzhang

| parties = *{{flag|Russian Empire}}

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• {{flag|Qing dynasty}}

| languages = {{flatlist|

• Russian
• Chinese

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| wikisource = Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula

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The Convention for the Lease of the Liaotung Peninsula ({{zh|t=旅大租地條約}}; {{langx|ru|Русско-китайская конвенция}}), also known as the Pavlov Agreement, is an unequal treaty signed between {{Ill|Alexander Pavlov (diplomat)|lt=Alexander Pavlov|ru|Павлов, Александр Иванович (дипломат)}} of the Russian Empire and Li Hongzhang of the Qing dynasty of China on 27 March 1898. The treaty granted Russia the lease of Port Arthur (Lüshun) and permitted its railway to extend to the port (later South Manchuria Railway) from one of the points of the Chinese Eastern Railway (CER).{{Cite book |last=Pan |first=Guang |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T0mvDwAAQBAJ |title=A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933–1945): History, Theories and the Chinese Pattern |date=2019-09-12 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-981-13-9483-6 |pages=259 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Klein |first=Mike |date=2019-10-16 |title=A Rare Russian Plan of Dalian {{!}} Worlds Revealed: Geography & Maps at The Library Of Congress |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2019/10/a-rare-russian-plan-of-dalian/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=blogs.loc.gov}}{{Cite web |date=2017-03-23 |title=Demolishing Dalian: China's 'Russian' city is erasing its heritage – in pictures |url=http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/23/dalian-china-russian-city-heritage-demolition-in-pictures |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Kowner |first=Rotem |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MQpDwAAQBAJ |title=Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War |date=2017-04-06 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-8184-4 |pages=465 |language=en}}