A brief dispute over the Laolongtou railway station being within the borders of the concession led to negotiations between Britain and Russia in St. Petersburg, leading to Russia giving up the railway station and the road leading to it back to China.

Thus, the Russian concession became two parcels of land, the Eastern and Western District.

Some Russian enterprises, like the Russo-Chinese Bank, operated in the British concession instead.

Later, the Tianjin-Russian Concession developed into Tianjin's industrial and storage area due to its long river bank and proximity to the Laolongtou railway station, where Texaco, Mobil, and Asia Minor established oil warehouses.

In 1919, British American Tobacco also set up factories in the Russian concession.