Convention of Peking
Historically the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula belonged to the region known as Manchuria, ruled by the Jurchen people that became part of the Manchu, who later became the rulers of China in the Qing Dynasty. In the nineteenth century, the region unofficially known as Outer Manchuria was gradually ceded by the Qing to the Russian Empire, with the Treaty of Aigun in 1858 and the Convention of Peking in 1860. Lands ceded by Convention of Peking included the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula, and were later organized by Russia into Primorsky Krai. The Russians named the peninsula after Count Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, who had played a major role in Russian expansion from Siberia towards the Pacific Ocean.