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Georg Anton Schäffer was forced to depart for China after his unsuccessful attempt to seize the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Russian Empire.
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Attempt to claim the Hawaiian Kingdom for the Russian Empire (1815–17)
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Eurasian empire (1721–1917)
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