Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East

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Japanese military intervention in Russia historical event military occupation

The Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East was a World War I–era and post-revolution military intervention in which Imperial Japan deployed troops to seize and control territory in eastern Siberia amid the chaos of the Russian Civil War.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Allied occupation of Vladivostok	1
Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese military intervention in Russia ⓘ historical event ⓘ military occupation ⓘ
chronology	occurs after the February Revolution ⓘ occurs after the October Revolution ⓘ
conflict	Russian Civil War ⓘ World War I era interventions in Russia ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ Russia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ surface form: Soviet Russia
endTime	1922 ⓘ
followedBy	consolidation of Soviet control over the Russian Far East ⓘ withdrawal of Japanese troops from the Russian Far East ⓘ
hasCause	Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ Russian Civil War ⓘ Russian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917 collapse of Imperial Russia ⓘ concern over German and later Bolshevik influence in Siberia ⓘ desire to expand Japanese influence in Siberia ⓘ protection of Japanese interests in Manchuria and Korea ⓘ
hasEffect	strengthening of Japanese presence in Northeast Asia ⓘ temporary fragmentation of authority in the Russian Far East ⓘ tension between Japan and the emerging Soviet state ⓘ
location	Primorsky Krai ⓘ surface form: Primorye Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Russian Far East Sakhalin Island ⓘ surface form: Sakhalin Trans-Siberian Railway ⓘ surface form: Trans-Siberian Railway corridor in the Far East Vladivostok ⓘ eastern Siberia ⓘ
objective	protection of railways and depots used by the Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ seizure and control of territory in eastern Siberia ⓘ support for anti-Bolshevik forces ⓘ
opposedBy	Red Army ⓘ surface form: Bolshevik forces Red Army ⓘ local partisan groups ⓘ
participant	Czechoslovak Legion ⓘ Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Russian SFSR ⓘ White movement ⓘ surface form: White movement forces
partOf	Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Siberian Intervention
relatedTo	Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War ⓘ surface form: Allied intervention in Siberia Japanese expansionism in the early 20th century ⓘ history of the Russian Far East ⓘ
startTime	1918 ⓘ
temporalContext	early years of the Soviet Union ⓘ late World War I period ⓘ post–World War I period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Siberian intervention in the Russian Civil War → notableEvent → Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East ⓘ

Canadian Siberian Expeditionary Force → notableEvent → Japanese occupation of parts of the Russian Far East ⓘ

this entity surface form: Allied occupation of Vladivostok