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Aleksei Voskresenskh, The genesis of the "Hi crisis " and the Russian-Chinese Livadia treaty of 1879. The so-called "Ili crisis" in Sino-Russian relations that had been caused by the intervention of the tsarist troops in the Hi valley, in 1871, is the central theme of this article. The decade-long Russian occupation of the Hi territory was ended by the formal signing of the Russian-Chinese Livadia treaty in 1879. However, Chong Hou, the Chinese representative at the negotiations, agreed to make concessions to Russia that caused such indignation in the Qing society that Chong Hou was called back to Peking and condemned to death, and the treaty was never ratified by the Chinese. The article shows that the failure of Chong Hou's mission was a result of the struggle that took place in the Qing court between the military- feudal groups and their leaders in the broader context of the international relations in Central Asia.