Russian Manchooria

Proper noun

Russian Manchuria

1. The part of Russia near northeastern China (including Primorsky Krai and other nearby areas) which was annexed by the Russian Empire in the mid 19th century and understood as part of Manchuria.
   • On Saturday, the 4th of August, we steamed to the outer harbour of Olga Bay, after spending four days under sail on our passage from Nakhodka Harbour, a distance of about 120 miles.
     This is another of the many beautiful harbours that fringe the coast of Russian Manchuria. It is formed of an outer...1867 [1867 June 24], W. V. Lloyd, “Notes on the Russian Harbours on the Coast of Manchuria.”, in The Journal of the Royal Geographic Society of London, volume 37, London: John Murray, →ISSN, →OCLC...
2. The part of Manchuria (in northeast China) controlled during some periods by Russia or the USSR.
   • On August 11, 1908, the administrative Government at Mukden had made an agreement providing for the use of American capital amounting to one hundred million dollars for a "Manchurian Bank", and the building of a railway extension from Tsitsihar to Aigun, in Russian-Manchuria, completing a line to...[1917 March, Frederick McCormick, “Second Line of Defense”, in The Menace of Japan, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 104