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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Label	Occurrences
Russo-Japanese War canonical	186
日露戦争	5
Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)	3
Russo-Japanese War (as ally of Russia in Manchuria)	1
Russo-Japanese War (as observer)	1
Russo-Japanese War era	1
Russo–Japanese War	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	imperial war ⓘ military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Russo-Japanese War ⓘ surface form: Russo–Japanese War
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Russian Empire ⓘ
cause	rival imperial ambitions in Korea ⓘ rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria ⓘ
combatantType	industrialized nation-states ⓘ
commanderForJapan	Heihachiro Togo ⓘ surface form: Tōgō Heihachirō Ōyama Iwao ⓘ
commanderForRussia	Aleksey Kuropatkin ⓘ Zinovy Rozhestvensky ⓘ
conflictBetween	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Russian Empire ⓘ
endDate	1905-09-05 ⓘ
followedBy	1905 Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1905
historicalSignificance	demonstrated effectiveness of modern naval power and long-range artillery ⓘ influenced military tactics used in World War I ⓘ
location	Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Imperial Japanese Navy → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Isoroku Yamamoto → participantIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim → servedIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

House of Romanov → notableEventDuringRule → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Meiji era → significantEvent → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia → notableEvent → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

subject surface form: Nicholas II of Russia

Age of Imperialism → hasPart → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Russian Empire → majorWar → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna → politicalContext → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Chuichi Nagumo → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Kure Naval Arsenal → usedDuringConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

First Sino-Japanese War → followedBy → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Edwardian era → majorEvent → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Russo-Japanese War → alsoKnownAs → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Russo–Japanese War

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Meiji Constitution → appliedDuringConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Naval War College (Japan) → periodOfActivity → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Battle of Tsushima → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Battle of Tsushima → partOf → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Imperial Russian Army → engagedIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Battle of the Yellow Sea → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Battle of the Yellow Sea → partOf → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Japanese 3rd Division → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Japanese 11th Division → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Heihachiro Togo → notableFor → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Heihachiro Togo → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Osami Nagano → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

1905 Russian Revolution → hasCause → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Terauchi Masatake → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Iwane Matsui → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia → participatedIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Emperor Meiji → notableEvent → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Masaharu Homma → servedIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Japanese colonial empire → significantEvent → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Anton Denikin → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Alexander Kolchak → participantIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Kodama Gentarō → notableEvent → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Kodama Gentarō → militaryConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

First Fleet → activeInConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Second Fleet → activeInConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)

Imperial General Headquarters → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Yamagata Aritomo → participantIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Japanese 10th Division → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Japanese 5th Division → participatedIn → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → conflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Yokosuka Naval Arsenal → usedDuring → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Field Marshal (Imperial Japanese Army) → usedInConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ

Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito → militaryConflict → Russo-Japanese War ⓘ