EXPEDITION E.V. PUTYATIN TO JAPAN AND THE CONCLUSION OF THE AGREEMENTIN 1855
This article examines the process of establishing Russian-Japanese diplomatic relations. This process is inextricably linked with the Russian expedition of E.V. Putyatin, after which Russia and Japan established diplomatic contact. The author identified the features of the course of the expedition and negotiations, as well as considered and analyzed the results of the first official contact of the Russian diplomat and representatives of the bakufu.