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*1734 The newly establised ''Academy of Sciences'' in St Petersburg completed a Chinese-Latin dictionary, including ten-thousand characters, ultimately remaining as a single copy in the Academy library, due to difficulties in creating the 10,000 wood blocks needed for mass publishing.
*1736 Archimandrite Ilarion (Trusov) arrives in Beijing as head of the '''third Mission''' (1736-45), along with Hieromonk Lavrenty Uvarov, Hieromonk Antony L'khovsky, Hieromonk Lavrenty Bobrovnikov (after 1741), and three junior monks in 1742.
*1741 Archimandrite Ilarion (Trusov) reposed in Beijing; Empress Elizabeth issued a decree offically recognizing the Tibetan branch of Buddhism was recognized as one of the official religions in Russia, and authorizing the first [[w:Buryatia|Buryat]] establishment of 11 Buddhist monasteries ([[w:Datsan|datsandatsans]] (Buddhist monastery) was built, with 150 lamas on the staff.
*1745 Archimandrite Gervasy (Lintsevsky) arrives in Beijing as head of the '''fourth Mission''' (1745-55), along with Hieromonk Loil' Vrublevsky, Hieromonk Feodosy Smorzhensky, and one junior monk.
*1747 Under [[w:Qianlong Emperor|Emperor Qianlong]] persecution recommenced in 1747, extending over all the provinces, with no more (Western) missionaries being permitted to enter the country.
