Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875

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bilateral treaty international agreement

The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) was an agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan in which Russia ceded its claims to the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for full sovereignty over Sakhalin.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)	5
Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875 canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1234145 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
Context triple: [Kuril Islands, hasHistoricalTreaty, Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875]

A. Treaty of Constantinople of 1832
The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 was the international agreement that formally recognized Greece as an independent kingdom, ending Ottoman sovereignty over the newly established Greek state.
B. Treaty of San Stefano
The Treaty of San Stefano was an 1878 peace agreement between Russia and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Russo-Turkish War and significantly redrew the map of the Balkans and parts of the Caucasus.
C. Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
The Treaty of Adrianople (1829) was a peace agreement between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, significantly expanding Russian influence in the Balkans and the Black Sea region.
D. Treaty of Paris (1856)
The Treaty of Paris (1856) was the peace agreement that ended the Crimean War, reshaped the balance of power in Europe, and neutralized the Black Sea to limit Russian naval influence.
E. Treaty of Constantinople (1913)
The Treaty of Constantinople (1913) was a peace agreement between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria that concluded their hostilities in the Second Balkan War and redrew borders in Thrace.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
Target entity description: The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) was an agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan in which Russia ceded its claims to the Kuril Islands to Japan in exchange for full sovereignty over Sakhalin.

A. Treaty of Constantinople of 1832
The Treaty of Constantinople of 1832 was the international agreement that formally recognized Greece as an independent kingdom, ending Ottoman sovereignty over the newly established Greek state.
B. Treaty of San Stefano
The Treaty of San Stefano was an 1878 peace agreement between Russia and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Russo-Turkish War and significantly redrew the map of the Balkans and parts of the Caucasus.
C. Treaty of Adrianople (1829)
The Treaty of Adrianople (1829) was a peace agreement between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire that ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829, significantly expanding Russian influence in the Balkans and the Black Sea region.
D. Treaty of Paris (1856)
The Treaty of Paris (1856) was the peace agreement that ended the Crimean War, reshaped the balance of power in Europe, and neutralized the Black Sea to limit Russian naval influence.
E. Treaty of Constantinople (1913)
The Treaty of Constantinople (1913) was a peace agreement between the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria that concluded their hostilities in the Second Balkan War and redrew borders in Thrace.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bilateral treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
aim	settlement of territorial disputes between Russia and Japan over Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sakhalin–Kuril Exchange ⓘ Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ surface form: Sakhalin–Kuril Exchange Treaty
appliesToJurisdiction	Kuril Islands ⓘ Sakhalin Island ⓘ surface form: Sakhalin
chronologyPosition	precedes the Treaty of Portsmouth (1905) ⓘ
citySigned	Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
concernsTerritory	Kuril Islands ⓘ Sakhalin Island ⓘ surface form: Sakhalin
countryOfSigning	Russian Empire ⓘ
countrySignatory	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Russian Empire ⓘ
dateSigned	1875-05-07 ⓘ
diplomaticContext	Russo-Japanese rivalry in Northeast Asia ⓘ
follows	Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
hasConsequences	clarification of Russo-Japanese borders in the North Pacific ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Russo-Japanese relations ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Meiji era ⓘ late Russian Empire ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Japanese ⓘ Russian ⓘ
legalForm	treaty ⓘ
legalStatus	ratified treaty ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Saint Petersburg Governorate ⓘ
mainSubject	Kuril Islands ⓘ Sakhalin Island ⓘ surface form: Sakhalin
partOf	Russo-Japanese diplomatic history ⓘ history of Sakhalin ⓘ history of the Kuril Islands ⓘ
placeSigned	St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg
recognizedSovereigntyOf	Empire of Japan over the Kuril Islands ⓘ Russian Empire over Sakhalin ⓘ
region	Northern Pacific Ocean ⓘ surface form: North Pacific
result	Japan obtained all of the Kuril Islands ⓘ Russia obtained full sovereignty over Sakhalin ⓘ
signedBy	representatives of the Empire of Japan ⓘ representatives of the Russian Empire ⓘ
subjectHasRole	Japan as ceding party for claims to Sakhalin ⓘ Russia as ceding party for the Kuril Islands ⓘ
temporalCoverageStart	1875 ⓘ
topic	border delimitation ⓘ territorial exchange ⓘ
transferredTerritoryFrom	Kuril Islands; Russian Empire ⓘ
transferredTerritoryTo	Kuril Islands ⓘ surface form: Kuril Islands; Empire of Japan

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