Soviet Union–China border

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The Soviet Union–China border was the extensive international boundary that once separated the USSR from the People’s Republic of China across Central and East Asia before the Soviet Union’s dissolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former international border
international border
approximateLength over 7,000 kilometres
associatedConflict Sino-Soviet border conflict
Sino-Soviet split
linked to: Sino–Soviet split
borderDemarcationIssue channel thalweg interpretation
island ownership on Ussuri River
borderedChineseRegion Heilongjiang
Inner Mongolia
Jilin
linked to: Jilin Province

Liaoning
Xinjiang
borderedSovietRepublic Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic
linked to: Kazakh SSR

Kyrgyz Soviet Socialist Republic
Mongolian People’s Republic
linked to: Mongolia

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
linked to: Russian SFSR

Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic
continent Asia
country1 Soviet Union
country2 People’s Republic of China
endedWith dissolution of the Soviet Union
historicalEra Cold War
laterDemarcationAgreement 1991 Sino-Soviet border agreement
1994 China–Russia border agreement
mountainRangeBoundary Altai Mountains
Pamirs
linked to: Pamir Mountains

Tian Shan
notableEvent 1969 Sino-Soviet border conflict
notableIncident Zhenbao Island incident
partOf Sino-Soviet relations
linked to: Sino–Soviet split
politicalSignificance symbol of Sino-Soviet rivalry
region Central Asia
East Asia
riverBoundary Amur River
Argun River
Ili River
Irtysh River
Ussuri River
securityRole heavily militarized frontier
separated PRC
USSR
linked to: Soviet Union
status defunct
successorBorder Kazakhstan–China border
Kyrgyzstan–China border
Mongolia–China border
Russia–China border
Tajikistan–China border
treatyBasis Convention of Peking
Sino-Russian border agreements of the 19th century
Treaty of Aigun

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Kyrgyzstan–China border predecessorBorder Soviet Union–China border
Treaty on the Russian-Chinese Border (1991) follows Sino-Soviet border agreements of the 1980s
linked to: Soviet Union–China border
Damansky Island conflict locatedNear Sino-Soviet border
linked to: Soviet Union–China border
Amur Military Flotilla geographicFocus Soviet–Chinese border
linked to: Soviet Union–China border
Soviet–Manchurian border successorBorder Sino–Soviet border
linked to: Soviet Union–China border
Ocean of Words literarySetting Sino-Soviet border
linked to: Soviet Union–China border