Russo-Japanese War

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imperial war military conflict war

The Russo-Japanese War was a 1904–1905 conflict between the Russian Empire and Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea, notable as the first major victory of an Asian power over a European one in modern times.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	imperial war → military conflict → war →
alsoKnownAs	Russo–Japanese War →
belligerent	Empire of Japan → Russian Empire →
cause	rival imperial ambitions in Korea → rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria →
combatantType	industrialized nation-states →
commanderForJapan	Tōgō Heihachirō → Ōyama Iwao →
commanderForRussia	Aleksey Kuropatkin → Zinovy Rozhestvensky →
conflictBetween	Empire of Japan → Russian Empire →
endDate	1905-09-05 →
followedBy	Russian Revolution of 1905 →
historicalSignificance	demonstrated effectiveness of modern naval power and long-range artillery → influenced military tactics used in World War I →
location	Korea → Liaodong Peninsula → Manchuria → Sea of Japan → Yellow Sea →
majorBattle	Battle of Mukden → Battle of Port Arthur → Battle of Tsushima → Battle of the Yellow Sea →
majorSiege	Siege of Port Arthur →
mediatedBy	Theodore Roosevelt →
notableFor	first major victory of an Asian power over a European power in modern times →
partOf	imperialism in East Asia →
precededBy	First Sino-Japanese War →
result	Japanese victory →
significantOutcome	contribution to unrest leading to the 1905 Russian Revolution → rise of Japan as a great power → weakening of the Russian Empire →
startDate	1904-02-08 →
territorialChange	Japan gained control of the South Manchurian Railway → Japan gained lease of Liaodong Peninsula → Japan gained southern half of Sakhalin Island → Japanese control over Korea strengthened →
theater	land warfare in Manchuria → naval warfare in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan →
timePeriod	20th century → Meiji era → late Russian Empire →
treaty	Treaty of Portsmouth →
treatySignedOn	1905-09-05 →

Referenced by (89)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aleksey Kuropatkin → Anton Denikin → Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → Battle of Mukden → Battle of Port Arthur → Battle of Tsushima → Battle of the Yellow Sea → Chuichi Nagumo → Heihachiro Togo → Imperial General Headquarters → Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → Imperial Japanese Navy → Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → Iwane Matsui → Japanese 10th Division → Japanese 11th Division → Japanese 3rd Division → Japanese battleship Mikasa → Japanese battleship Shikishima → Kwantung Leased Territory → Minami Jirō → Okada Keisuke → Osami Nagano → Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu → Qing army ("Russo-Japanese War (as ally of Russia in Manchuria)") → Russian Pacific Squadron → Russian battleship Retvizan → Russian battleship Tsesarevich → Terauchi Masatake → Wilgelm Vitgeft → Zinovy Rozhestvensky →	conflict
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia → Japanese 5th Division → Japanese battleship Shikishima → Katō Tomosaburō → War Ministry of the Russian Empire → Zinovy Rozhestvensky → Ōyama Iwao →	participatedIn
Battle of Mukden → Battle of Port Arthur → Battle of Tsushima → Battle of the Yellow Sea → Pacific theater of the Russo-Japanese War → Siege of Port Arthur →	partOf
Berdan rifle → Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet → Field Marshal (Imperial Japanese Army) → Maxim machine gun → Mosin–Nagant rifle → Type 38 rifle →	usedInConflict
Alexander Kolchak → Isoroku Yamamoto → Itō Sukeyuki → Yamagata Aritomo →	participantIn
Emperor Meiji → Kodama Gentarō → Nicholas II of Russia →	notableEvent
First Fleet → Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	activeInConflict
Kodama Gentarō → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito →	militaryConflict
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim → Masaharu Homma →	servedIn
Japanese colonial empire → Meiji era →	significantEvent
Kure Naval Arsenal → Rear Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy) →	usedDuringConflict
Ministry of War of Japan →	activeDuring
Russo-Japanese War ("Russo–Japanese War") →	alsoKnownAs
Meiji Constitution →	appliedDuringConflict
Tsushima Island →	battleIn
Siege of Port Arthur →	conflictOf
Treaty of Portsmouth →	endedConflict
Imperial Russian Army →	engagedIn
First Sino-Japanese War →	followedBy
1905 Russian Revolution →	hasCause
Age of Imperialism →	hasPart
Edwardian era →	majorEvent
Russian Empire →	majorWar
House of Romanov →	notableEventDuringRule
Heihachiro Togo →	notableFor
Battle of Port Arthur →	openingEngagementOf
Naval War College (Japan) →	periodOfActivity
Empress Alexandra Feodorovna →	politicalContext
Imperial Russian Navy →	significantDefeat
Yokosuka Naval Arsenal →	usedDuring
Imperial Russian Navy →	usedInWar
Liaodong Peninsula →	wasSiteOf