Jaxa (state)
Jaxa | |||||||||
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| 1665–1685 | |||||||||
 Map of China with Albazino as Jaxa | |||||||||
| Capital | Albazino | ||||||||
| Common languages | Polish | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman catholicism, Eastern orthodoxy | ||||||||
• 1665-1685 | Nikifor Chernigovsky | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Proclamation of the State | 1665 | ||||||||
• Conquest of Jaxa by Chinese Empire | 1685 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
Jaxa was a state in 17th century with a capital in Albazino.
Name
Name of the country descended from a wooden stronghold of Jaxa built by Nikifor Chernigovsky in a place of Albazino that was destroyed by Chinese troops.[1] According to Chinese sources, this place was called 雅克萨 (yakesa) before a rise of Albazino.
History
The state was created by Nikifor Chernigovsky, Polish deportee from Volhynia. In 1665 Chernigovsky and Siberian Cossacks killed a voivod of Ust-Ilimsk. Then, they rebuilt an abandoned stronghold of Abazino to hide in it. The stronghold became a capital of their new state. In 1685 Jaxa became a part of Chinese Empire.
References
- ^ Wojciech Sulewski, Konterfekty dziwnych Polaków, Iskry, Warszawa 1973