Treaty of Portsmouth

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The Treaty of Portsmouth was the 1905 peace agreement, mediated by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in New Hampshire, that ended the Russo-Japanese War and marked Japan’s emergence as a major world power.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty
international treaty
peace treaty
articleCount 15 articles
brokeredBy United States of America
surface form: United States
category 1905 in international relations
Treaties of the Empire of Japan
Treaties of the Russian Empire
concludedOn 1905-09-05
countrySignatory Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Russian Empire
endedConflict Russo-Japanese War
followedBy Japan–Korea Treaty of 1905
grantedTerritory southern half of Sakhalin Island to Japan
historicalEra Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

late Russian Empire
hostCity Portsmouth
hostState New Hampshire
language English
French
ledTo Nobel Peace Prize
surface form: Nobel Peace Prize for Theodore Roosevelt
mediatedBy Theodore Roosevelt
namedAfter Portsmouth, New Hampshire
negotiationVenue Kittery, Maine NERFINISHED
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
NobelPrizeYear 1906
precededBy Treaty of Shimonoseki
protocolCount 3 protocols
recognizedControl Japan’s control of the South Manchurian Railway
Japan’s lease of the Liaodong Peninsula
Japan’s paramount interests in Korea
region New England
requiredWithdrawal Japanese troops from Manchuria
Russian troops from Manchuria
resultedIn Japan’s emergence as a major world power
end of Russian expansion in East Asia
international prestige for Theodore Roosevelt
strengthening of Japanese influence in Korea
signatoryRepresentative Komura Jutarō NERFINISHED
Roman Rosen
Sergei Witte
Takahira Kogorō
signedIn Portsmouth, New Hampshire
signedOn 1905-09-05
stipulated restoration of Manchuria to Chinese administration
subjectMatter end of hostilities between Russia and Japan
territorial adjustments in East Asia
treatyLocationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
treatySignedYear 1905
warIndemnity no monetary indemnity paid by Russia to Japan

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Kwantung Leased Territory legalBasis Treaty of Portsmouth
Russo-Japanese War treaty Treaty of Portsmouth
Battle of Tsushima treatyConsequence Treaty of Portsmouth