In fact, the original historical "Russian team" had been transformed into "Alba Niu Lu" by Hongyi several years in advance, and the possibility of "Russia" appearing in the military establishment of the Qing Dynasty as a sovereign state was completely put forward from official documents. Not only that, but the so-called "Albazin" in the original history was also quietly replaced by the "Alba".

Don't underestimate the difference between the two is just one "Jin", this is the essential difference! Albasi, Albaza, and Arbazaar were all leaders of the Daurs, and this person must be counted as Chinese, so they should not be referred to by Russified names.

In Russian, "so-and-so" often means that this place means "so-and-so city fortress", and Albazin as a place means Alba city fortress. Since the beginning of the fight, Hongyi has avoided the term "Albazin" and directly replaced it with "Alba". In this way, no matter which side of China and Russia are on either side, they will understand where these people come from and why they are here. At best, in future historical documents, it would be better for China and Russia to speak their own words, rather than the Chinese actually using Russian geographical terms to refer to specific groups of people in their own national composition.

The "Albazin" that appeared in later historical documents actually became a reference to "Russians in China", which is very unreasonable! This is also the historical origin of the fact that after the reform and opening up, many descendants of Albazin people actually went to the village of Yaksa, which was already in Russia, to "find their roots and ask their ancestors"!

Not only that, but because the Qing Dynasty did not fundamentally deal with the problem of "Albazin", the Orthodox Church entered China. The harm was delayed in the period of reform and opening up.

The Qing rulers had always regarded the bannermen as the "foundation of the state", and after the Yongzheng Dynasty, they were strictly forbidden to convert to Western "foreign religions", but mainly for Catholicism and Protestantism (Christianity). The Qing rulers showed unusual tolerance for the Orthodox faith of the bannermen who had been annexed to Russia.

Among the returnees of Yaksa, there was a man named Maxim? Leontiev's, was a priest of the church. So Kangxi gave him a Guandi temple in Hujiaquan Hutong as a temporary church, and also awarded Leontiev the title of Qipin and let him preside over church activities. This church, known as Nikolai Church (later known as the "North Pavilion" in Russia), was the first Orthodox church in Beijing.

So, in the fifty-fourth year of Kangxi (1715). The first missionary regiment sent by Russia arrived in Beijing. In the fifth year of Yongzheng (1727). China and Russia concluded the Kyakhta Boundary Treaty, which stipulated that the missionary corps rotated every 10 years (later changed to 5 years) and consisted of about four clergy and six lay personnel at each time. The treaty also allowed the Russian Orthodox Church to build a new church in Beijing. The site of the new church was chosen for Dongjiang Mixiang (later Dongjiaomin Lane) in the south of Beijing. It was called the "Church of the Feast of Consecration" (later called the "South Pavilion" in Russia). The Russian missionary mission was then moved from the North Pavilion to the South Wing.

So far. The Russian Orthodox Church finally fulfilled its desire to establish a long-term and stable missionary base in the political center of China. The Russian government sent a mission to Beijing. There are two main purposes: first, to maintain the Orthodox faith of Russians in Beijing; Second, to fulfill the diplomatic tasks of the Russian government. Shelter and assistance to Russian caravans, as well as the study of China in many ways.

In order to reduce the suspicion of the Qing court, the mission adopted some propaganda methods that catered to Chinese customs, such as their calling the Orthodox Church Catholic; The Orthodox Church is called a "temple" (Rakshasa Temple); Referring to God as a "Buddha", priests as lamas (Tibetan Buddhist monks), and so on, are all the ways to hide people's eyes.

Despite the mission's efforts, their efforts to spread the gospel among the Russians (Albazin) in Beijing did not go well. Soon after settling in Beijing, most Albazins quickly distanced themselves from or even turned away from Orthodox Christianity. They do not receive baptism in church, nor do they go to church to do penance, receive communion, and even change to traditional Chinese ways for weddings and funerals.

This situation continued until the middle of the 19th century, when relations between Russians and the Church took a big turn for the better. Eight years after Xianfeng, churches in various countries were granted the privilege of preaching freely in China. The missionary activities of the Beijing Orthodox Church among people of Russian descent have achieved remarkable results. According to the list of believers in 1892 (the twelfth year of Guangxu), there were 459 Orthodox Christians in Beijing, including 149 of Russian descent and 310 Chinese.

For what Russian descendants reconverted to Orthodox Christianity? In addition to religious feelings, it should be largely a choice based on practical life. Since the late Qing Dynasty, the country's power has been declining, and the power and influence of various churches in China have rapidly expanded due to the backing of Western powers. Converts not only receive the protection of the church, but also have more opportunities for employment, health care, and schooling for their children. In this respect, the Albazins in Beijing have chosen the same as the rest of the Chinese faithful, and it is understandable.

Especially in the 20th century, the Russian Orthodox Church established a strategy of indigenizing the clergy, and the first choice was still the Albazin. The Albazin people later developed into five major families, namely Luo, Du, Yao, He, He and other Chinese surnames. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, when the Russian religious mission in China left Beijing, the Beijing Orthodox Church was changed to the "Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church", and its church affairs were led by Archbishop Yao Fuan, a descendant of the Albanzins. Du Likun, who once presided over the Tianjin Church, is also a descendant of the Albazin.

This continues to this day, and the Albazins have become active supporters of the current return of the Russian Orthodox Church to history. With the death of Archbishop Yao Fu'an in Beijing in 1962 and Bishop Simon in Shanghai in 1965, the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church was left without a leader. During the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church was devastated, and churches in most areas were burned or demolished. It was also because of the breakdown of relations between the two parties that Sino-Soviet relations were interrupted for nearly 30 years, and it was not until 1989 that normal relations between China and the Soviet Union were restored.

However, after many years of tossing and turning, the vitality of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church has been greatly damaged, and the clergy of the older generation have gradually grown old, and most of the older generation of believers, who were originally small, have died, and the number has dropped sharply. With the normalization of Sino-Russian relations, the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church gradually regained its vitality. At this time, the descendants of the Albazin people became active promoters of the Chinese Autonomous Orthodox Church to get back on track. Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church are often invited to accompany them when they visit China.

At the same time, they are also active advocates and activists in the rebuilding of the Orthodox Church in Beijing. In June 2005, they went to the Albazino region on the other side of the Heilongjiang River to seek their roots and worship their ancestors, and even sent their children to study at the Russian Orthodox Theological Seminary. They echoed the Russian Orthodox Church inside and outside and tried to restore the glory of the Russian Orthodox Church in Chinese history.

As the descendants of the Albazins, you go to Yaksa to find your roots and ask your ancestors, can you find them and ask them? You must know that in fact, the ancestors of most of you are Cossacks, and when they defected to the Qing Dynasty, they just surrendered from Russia to become captives of China.

Historically, Russia is not your motherland at all, because neither Tsarist Russia, nor Soviet Russia, nor the Soviet Union regarded the Cossacks as their "subjects", at best, they were just a group of citizens with legal status! Even in Soviet times, a large number of Cossacks were made cannon fodder by the legs of the Soviet-German front. History is so ridiculous, there were quite a few Cossacks who woke up to the true face of the Soviet Union, and became slaves of fascist Germany, and fought back against the Soviet Red Army!

Therefore, in Hongyi's mind, Cossack ethnic discrimination has become a national commonality with the tide, and whoever is strong will mix with whom! This also shows that in the early days of reform and opening up, a large number of descendants of Albazins "returned" to Russia, and even joined Russian citizenship!

Thinking of the fact that the descendants of the "Albazin" in later generations were keen on the spread and expansion of Orthodox Christianity, Hongyi suddenly interrupted Bekto's joy and asked with concern:

"Can Sergei have a lot of respect for the Patriarch of Moscow?"

How can it be so coincidental? I just made up my mind not to "pamper" this somewhat annoying Father Sergei, but the young master suddenly mentioned, can he read minds? Buicto had to calm down and deal with it carefully.

How so? That's a tricky question!

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem? Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding happy teardrops (to be continued......)