Port Arthur

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Port Arthur is a strategically important ice-free naval port and former fortress city in northeastern China, historically contested by major powers such as Russia and Japan.

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Label Occurrences
Port Arthur canonical 36
Port Arthur naval base 4
Port Arthur fortress ruins 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress city
naval base
port city
strategic military location
administrativeStatus district of Dalian
alsoKnownAs Lüshun
Lüshun Port
Lüshunkou
Ryojun
capturedBy Imperial Japanese Army
capturedFrom Russian Empire
contestedBy China
Japan
Russia
country China
dateOfEvent Battle of Port Arthur
surface form: Battle of Port Arthur (1904)

Siege of Port Arthur
surface form: Siege of Port Arthur (1904–1905)
fortifications coastal artillery batteries
defensive forts
geopoliticalRole gateway to Manchuria
hasCurrentName Lüshunkou District
historicalCountry Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Qing dynasty
Russian Empire
importance key base of the Imperial Japanese Navy
key base of the Russian Pacific Fleet
leasedTo Russian Empire
leaseFrom Qing dynasty
leaseStartDate 1898
locatedIn Liaoning
surface form: Liaoning Province

Manchuria
surface form: northeastern China
locatedOn Bohai Sea
Liaodong Peninsula
Yellow Sea
near Liaodong Bay
surface form: Dalian Bay

Korea Bay
partOf Dalian
region Manchuria
surface form: Northeast China
sceneOf Battle of Port Arthur
Siege of Port Arthur
strategicFeature ice-free port
warm-water port
transferDate 1905
transferredTo Imperial Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
usedFor commercial shipping
military logistics
naval operations
war First Sino-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War

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Input
Subject: Port Arthur
Description of subject: Port Arthur is a strategically important ice-free naval port and former fortress city in northeastern China, historically contested by major powers such as Russia and Japan.

Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liaodong Peninsula contains Port Arthur
Wei Hai Wei relatedPort Port Arthur
Fort William adjacentTo Port Arthur
Battle of Port Arthur location Port Arthur
Battle of Port Arthur port Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur naval base
Siege of Port Arthur location Port Arthur
Imperial Russian Navy primaryBase Port Arthur
Russian Pacific Squadron garrison Port Arthur
Russian Pacific Squadron baseOfOperations Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur naval base
Russian battleship Retvizan grounded Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur harbor entrance
Lüshunkou formerName Port Arthur
Lüshunkou hasLandmark Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur fortress ruins
Lüshun hasHistoricalName Port Arthur
Russian cruiser Pallada sunkAt Port Arthur
Russian cruiser Pallada navalBase Port Arthur
Mukden Campaign relatedTo Port Arthur
Lüshun siege location Port Arthur
Lüshunkou District contains Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur naval base
Retvizan homePort Port Arthur
Russian battleship Pobeda homePort Port Arthur
Russian battleship Pobeda sunkAt Port Arthur
Kwantung Government-General controlledInfrastructure Port Arthur
this entity surface form: Port Arthur naval base
Kantōshū majorPort Port Arthur
Russian cruiser Novik navalBase Port Arthur
Russian cruiser Bayan stationedAt Port Arthur