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Date February 8, 1904 - September 5, 1905
Location China • Manchuria • Korea
Participants Japan • Russian Empire

Did You Know?

  • U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt was given the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in mediating the peace treaty between Russia and Japan.
  • During the negotiations, advisors to the Czar convinced him that Japan would not go to war with Russia.
  • Historians estimate that around 20,000 Chinese civilians died in the Russo-Japansese war.

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Battle of Port Arthur
Battle of Port Arthur
February 2, 1904 - August 9, 1904
Battleships at Port Arthur
Battle of the Yellow Sea
August 10, 1904
The Battle of Mukden
Battle of Mukden
February 20, 1905 - March 10, 1905
Battle of Tsushima
Battle of Tsushima
May 27, 1905 - May 29, 1905

Key People

Nicholas II
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia
Yamagata Aritomo
Yamagata Aritomo
prime minister of Japan
Tōgō Heihachirō
Tōgō Heihachirō
Japanese admiral
Anatoly Mikhaylovich Stessel.
Anatoly Mikhaylovich Stessel
Russian general
Makarov, Stepan Osipovich
Stepan Osipovich Makarov
Russian naval commander
Suzuki Kantarō
Danshaku Suzuki Kantarō
prime minister of Japan
Aleksey Kuropatkin in his library, 1904/05.
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