Russo-Japanese War
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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.
All labels observed (7)
| 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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T58549 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Russo-Japanese War Context triple: [Imperial Japanese Navy, conflict, Russo-Japanese War]
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First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
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Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
The Soviet–Japanese War of 1945 was the brief but decisive final campaign of World War II in Asia, in which the Soviet Union invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and other territories, hastening Japan’s surrender.
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Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
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E.
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Russo-Japanese War Target entity description: 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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A.
First Sino-Japanese War
The First Sino-Japanese War was an 1894–1895 conflict between Qing dynasty China and Meiji Japan that marked Japan’s emergence as a major regional power and led to Chinese territorial losses, including Taiwan.
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B.
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
The Soviet–Japanese War of 1945 was the brief but decisive final campaign of World War II in Asia, in which the Soviet Union invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and other territories, hastening Japan’s surrender.
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C.
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a mid-19th-century conflict in which Russia fought an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Britain, France, and Sardinia, noted for its brutal conditions, military blunders, and the emergence of modern nursing and war reporting.
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D.
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.
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E.
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
The Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) was a major conflict between China and Japan that became one of the largest and bloodiest theaters of World War II in East Asia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
imperial war
ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ war ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Russo-Japanese War
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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
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influenced military tactics used in World War I ⓘ |
| location |
Korean Peninsula
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surface form:
Korea
Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ Sea of Japan ⓘ Yellow Sea ⓘ |
| majorBattle |
Battle of Mukden
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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
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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
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Japan gained lease of Liaodong Peninsula ⓘ Japan gained southern half of Sakhalin Island ⓘ Japanese control over Korea strengthened ⓘ |
| theater |
land warfare in Manchuria
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naval warfare in the Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
20th century
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Meiji era ⓘ late Russian Empire ⓘ |
| treaty | Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ |
| treatySignedOn | 1905-09-05 ⓘ |
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Subject: Russo-Japanese War Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (198)
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