Soviet occupation of Manchuria

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historical event military occupation post–World War II event

The Soviet occupation of Manchuria was the post–World War II military and political control of northeastern China by the Soviet Union, during which Soviet forces dismantled Japanese infrastructure, repatriated Japanese settlers, and helped shift regional power toward the Chinese Communist Party.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet occupation of southern Manchuria	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military occupation ⓘ post–World War II event ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction	Manchuria ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Northeast China
conflict	Chinese Civil War ⓘ Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese War
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
describedBySource	Soviet military histories of World War II Far Eastern campaign ⓘ historiography of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
endTime	1946-05 ⓘ
followedBy	Third Chinese Civil War ⓘ surface form: Chinese Civil War in Manchuria
follows	Empire of Japan rule in Manchukuo ⓘ Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
hasCause	Soviet declaration of war on Japan ⓘ Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese War Yalta Conference ⓘ surface form: Yalta Conference agreements
hasEffect	Soviet acquisition of industrial equipment as war reparations ⓘ Soviet removal of factory machinery from Manchuria ⓘ Soviet removal of industrial plants from Manchuria ⓘ Soviet removal of railway equipment from Manchuria ⓘ Soviet removal of rolling stock from Manchuria ⓘ dismantling of Japanese industrial infrastructure in Manchuria ⓘ repatriation of Japanese settlers from Manchuria ⓘ shift of regional power balance toward the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ transfer of captured Japanese equipment to Chinese Communist forces ⓘ weakening of Kuomintang control in Northeast China ⓘ
location	China ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Northeast China
participant	Chinese Communist Party ⓘ Kuomintang ⓘ surface form: Chinese Nationalist government Japanese settlers in Manchuria ⓘ Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ surface form: Kwantung Army remnants Red Army ⓘ Soviet Far Eastern Front ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf	Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
politicalAlignment	limited cooperation with Chinese Nationalist government ⓘ support for Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
significantEvent	Sino–Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (1945) ⓘ capture of Japanese arsenals by Soviet forces ⓘ delayed entry of Nationalist forces into Manchurian urban centers ⓘ entry of Chinese Communist troops into Manchuria with Soviet consent ⓘ handover of Manchurian cities from Japanese to Soviet control ⓘ
startTime	1945-08 ⓘ
temporalContext	post–World War II period ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Manchukuo → followedBy → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → followedBy → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → result → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ

Japanese Kwantung Army → resultOfDisbandment → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ

Kwantung Leased Territory → successor → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of southern Manchuria