History is so interesting, Peter the Great in the Tsarist Period, just for the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the two emperors contributed greatly to the two countries. After the reform of Peter the Great, Tsarist Russia gradually became stronger. The Qing Dynasty also expanded its territory through the Kangxi Dynasty, and except for the western region, the surrounding territories were all included in the territory. By the time of Catherine II, Tsarist Russia had entered its heyday. The Qing Dynasty also entered its heyday during the Qianlong period. At the same peak, if the Qing Dynasty went to war with Tsarist Russia, who would win?
According to the situation at that time, Tsarist Russia could not defeat the Qing Dynasty, for many reasons, such as the center of Tsarist Russia was far from the battlefield, and the supply line was too long, which was not conducive to fighting a protracted war. In many places in the Qing Dynasty, supplies were available. After the Qing Dynasty pacified the Dzungar Khanate, Tsarist Russia did not dare to say anything. The point is that Tsarist Russia is facing serious problems in the west. The mighty Sweden and the Ottoman Empire both made Tsarist Russia dare not take it lightly. Coupled with the fact that a powerful country is an enemy, it is obviously not good for Tsarist Russia, and the Far East will be lost.
Judging from the contributions of these two people, each has its own advantages. During the reign of Catherine II, she defeated the Ottoman Empire, opened the mouth of the Black Sea, divided Poland three times, adopted enlightened despotism, and consolidated feudal serfdom. During her tenure, Russia's strength was further strengthened. Two wars were waged against the Ottoman Empire and victory was won. Thanks to her efforts, Tsarist Russia was in Europe at the time, and it was a proper great power. And Tsarist Russia's participation in more and more wars in Europe has also raised its national strength to the peak. But the consolidation of serfdom further limited Russia's power. By the end, Russia was gradually lagging behind the other European powers.
The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, his greatest achievement was to defeat the Dzungar Khanate, unify Xinjiang, and contribute to the stability of the surrounding areas. During the Qianlong period, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty also reached its peak. In particular, the unification of Xinjiang was the last expansion of the Qing Dynasty in the eighteenth century, and the largest one, the territory laid down reached more than two million.
It can be seen from here that during the reign of both men, both had their own contributions, and if we look at the territory obtained by the expansion, the Qing Dynasty received more than two million, and the Tsarist Russia received 650,000, which is the Qing Dynasty even better. Catherine II, who died in 1796, the Qianlong Emperor, died in 1799, is not much different. There have also been diplomatic incidents between the two countries. When the Qing Dynasty accepted and fled from Tsarist Russia back to Xinjiang's Turks, Catherine II demanded that Qianlong hand over these people, but Qianlong refused, and issued a tough spirit at the expense of war with Tsarist Russia. Military toughness made Tsarist Russia lose to the Qing Dynasty. During the Qianlong period, there were also many wars, such as the Qing-Burma War and the Qing-Vietnam War.
In terms of affluence, Tsarist Russia is even less than the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was the richest country in the world at that time, and its wealth was not comparable to that of Tsarist Russia. The other major European powers all traded with the Qing Dynasty, not to mention that there was only one Guangzhou thirteen lines, but it was the busiest port in the world. Goods from Europe and the Americas came ashore here, and Chinese goods were also shipped around the world. If the Qing Dynasty allowed more ports to be opened and private people to go to the sea to do business, then the world's wealth would continue to pour into China. And the geographical location of Tsarist Russia was doomed to be incomparable with the Qing Dynasty.
But on the issue of decline, Tsarist Russia did better than the Qing Dynasty, because Tsarist Russia could exist longer, be able to change itself in Western thought, and finally seize the opportunity of the Industrial Revolution and leave the Qing Dynasty far behind. The Qing Dynasty could not cross the three-hundred-year timeline, and from the perspective of ancient Chinese dynasties, after their prosperity, they would turn to decline. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty entered a period of decline, and the western countries relied on the industrial revolution, and their national strength has far exceeded that of the Qing Dynasty. The agricultural civilization will naturally fail against the industrial civilization, after all, this is a dimensionality reduction blow.
Judging from the strength of Tsarist Russia and the Qing Dynasty, if there is a war between the two countries, the Tsarist Russia under Catherine II will not be able to defeat the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period. Because if you want to start a war, Tsarist Russia will have to travel a long distance, even if the war takes place in Xinjiang, which is not good for Tsarist Russia. Because Tsarist Russia was an act of invasion, with Qianlong's character, he would certainly not sit idly by.
Although Qianlong was a bit of a loser, his attitude on the issue of the state has always been relatively tough, especially when it encounters invasions from other countries. Even if Tsarist Russia gains superiority in the early stages, once the Qing Dynasty reacts, it will drag the war into a protracted war, and the enemy countries in the West of Tsarist Russia will seize this opportunity to attack Tsarist Russia in one fell swoop, which is a situation that Tsarist Russia cannot accept. Therefore, Tsarist Russia will fail. In the first and middle periods of the Qing Dynasty, against the Tsarist Russia, the odds of victory were very high, and in the later period, it could only be slaughtered.