| Summary/Abstract |
The Gugong Museum (former Imperial Palace) in Beijing has a group of artifacts from the Russian Empire that are yet to be regularized and researched. Among them silverware by the most famous suppliers of jewelry for the Czar's Court: Faberge, Ovchinnikov, and Grachev. Some of the articles are gifts that Russian Prince Ukhtomsky presented to the Empress Mother Cixi, the Emperor, the Empress, and dignitaries of the Qing Dynasty, when he was sent to China by Nicholas II in 1897 for an audience with Emperor Guangxu. The author of this paper takes a close look at this audience in accordance with historical documentation and examines the Russia-related artefacts in the Gugong Museum, identifying their origin and trying to introduce in academic circulation valuable information about Sino-Russian relations during the pro-Russia epoch and the Union with Russia period.
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