When Father Maxim died in 1712, the prisoners of war asked for a new priest, and the mission was quickened to be formed.

Monk Archpriest Ilarion in 1714? Rezaysky and his entourage were sent to Beijing. He carried icons, gold crowns, religious utensils and books.

In 1716 the mission came to China and was given a great reception and provided with housing and utensils. In addition to the one-time subsidy provided to them by the Rifan Temple, it was also paid to Bongroku every month.

The Qing government included the mission members in its own establishment because the Orthodox clergy were serving the soldiers of the "Russian team" in the Qing army. In Russia, the mission was governed by the Church of the Diocese of Siberia.

The Chinese government also provided the second mission with a site in downtown Beijing, close to the Imperial Palace, government offices, and business districts. Previously, it was the place where the princes settled in Beijing, and after the Russian missionary group moved in, it was called the South Pavilion to distinguish it from the North Pavilion (where Russian prisoners of war were stationed). With the Chinese government's funding for the South Pavilion, the brick "Dedication Festival" church was built, and the icon of St. Nicholas was placed in it, which provided religious services to Russian merchants who came to China.

The Chinese built the church with their own traditional architectural art, and it was extremely strong enough to withstand the great earthquake of 1730, when about 75,000 people died in Beijing alone and the first Orthodox chapel collapsed in the earthquake. Later in the future, the Orthodox "Church of Our Lady" was built on the site.

The Russian mission, unlike the Catholic missionaries, did not actively spread Orthodox Christianity among the Han and Manchus and did not participate in court struggles.

The activities of the mission were limited to maintaining the religious beliefs of Russians in China, carrying out diplomatic missions, providing shelter and assistance to Russian merchants, and learning Chinese and Manchu. Because of these characteristics, it has been treated well by the Chinese government and there have been no incidents of persecution.

Since the 60s of the 18th century, because the Qing government banned Russian merchants from engaging in trade activities in China and repeatedly suspended Russian-Chinese border trade, the number of Russian merchants coming to China has decreased sharply.

In addition, the Russian envoys were unable to reach an agreement with the Qing government on the establishment of a Russian diplomatic representation in Peking, so that the mission effectively became the only reliable source of information about the situation in China.

One of the missions of the Beijing Mission is to study Manchu, Chinese, and Mongolian languages, and to study Chinese history, culture, and religion.

There were also students from Russian institutions of higher learning and seminaries. Arrange their subjects of study according to their major, willingness and ability. They studied medicine, mathematics, literature and philosophy, Confucius, history, geography, statistics, and Chinese law here.

The Peking Mission produced a number of famous sinologists, including Rasokhin (1707-1761), Leontyev (1716-1786), Bhikkhulin (1785-1853), Kovalevsky (1800-1878), Zakharov (1814-1885), Kafarov (1817-1878), and Vasilyev (1818-1900).

In 1900, the North Wing of the Russian Mission was looted and destroyed. The head of the mission, Innokenti, the priests, and some parishioners hid in the Russian diplomatic mission for two months. After the uprising was suppressed, Innokenti found shelter in the Lama Temple of Lama Temple and opened a temporary church there, which saved the Temple from being sacked by foreign troops due to its existence.

In the decades following the founding of the Soviet Union in 1917, the Beijing Mission provided shelter and work for many Russian refugees, many of whom took a short respite from exile.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the Russian community in Beijing soon disintegrated.

In 1955, it was decided to close the mission, and due to the disappearance of the Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate in East Asia in China, all the church's property and buildings were handed over to the Chinese government.

The South Pavilion of the Church was handed over to the Chinese government.

The North Pavilion, along with its buildings and property, became the property of the Soviet state, and in 1955, the Soviet Embassy in China was moved to the site in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Sino-Soviet treaties.

In 1956-1959, a new building was built here for the Soviet Embassy in China.

The main building we see was built in 1959.

The embassy has a Russian trade representative office, an international secondary school, a family building, a club, a kindergarten, a stadium, a swimming pool, and tennis courts. The embassy area is garden-style and has a tranquil and beautiful environment.