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TIL After Qing China defeated and genocided the Dzungars, Dzungar leader Amursana fled to Siberia and died. The Qing Emperor demanded his body be surrendered for "posthumous punishment" (past examples: public display, destruction of ashes), but the Tsar refused, causing a diplomatic incident.

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