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1654–1722, 2d emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty of China (1661–1722). He extended Manchu control and promoted learning in the arts and sciences. K'ang-hsi conquered the feudatories of S China (1673–81), took Taiwan (1683), established China's first diplomatic relations with Russia (1689), and pushed the Ölöds from Outer Mongolia (1697). Repeated tax reductions, attention to water conservation ...

... Little Russian Office), the central government institution located in Moscow which from 1663 to 1722 administered the Ukrainian lands that had become part of the Russian state. After the reunification of the Ukraine with Russia in 1654 the tsarist government, seeking to consolidate its position in the Ukraine, created the Malorossiiskii Prikaz. In 1722, in ...

Born July 31 (Aug. 10), 1697, in Moscow; died Oct. 2 (13), 1749. Prince; Russian statesman; senator (from 1741). Son of B. I. Kurakin.Kurakin was one of the first Russians to receive a hometutorial education abroad; he mastered several European languages. In 1722–24 he served as Russian ambassador in Paris, where he acted under his father’s guidance. They succeeded in securing France’s ...

Born July 31 (Aug. 10), 1697, in Moscow; died Oct. 2 (13), 1749. Prince; Russian statesman; senator (from 1741). Son of B. I. Kurakin.Kurakin was one of the first Russians to receive a hometutorial education abroad; he mastered several European languages. In 1722–24 he served as Russian ambassador in Paris, where he acted under his father’s guidance. They succeeded in securing France’s ...

Born July 31 (Aug. 10), 1697, in Moscow; died Oct. 2 (13), 1749. Prince; Russian statesman; senator (from 1741). Son of B. I. Kurakin.Kurakin was one of the first Russians to receive a hometutorial education abroad; he mastered several European languages. In 1722–24 he served as Russian ambassador in Paris, where he acted under his father’s guidance. They succeeded in securing France’s ...