Khabarovsk Khabarovskiy Kray Russia
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Yerofey Khabarov sets off down the Amur after receiving reinforcements in June 1651.
His expedition had reached the mouth of the Sungari by September, and had by the 29th reached Achansk, near present-day Khabarovsk; they decide to winter here.
They are attacked on October 8 by a thousand local people, who, upon being defeated, appeal to their Manchu overlords.
One hundred and fifty reinforcements appear in the fall of 1653 under Dimitry Zinoviev.
As a nobleman, Zinoviev demands full command; when Khabarov refuses, he is arrested.
Zinoviev, unable to gain the support of Khabarov's men and having no adequate way to deal with the Manchus, withdraws with part of the force from the Amur.
Onufriy Stepanov is appointed Khabarov's deputy in the region of Dauria (the upper reaches of the Amur River) and put in charge of the three hundred and twenty men who remain here.
Khabarov, deprived of his rank and property, is sent on a fifteen-month journey to Moscow to be tried.