Russo-Japanese War

conflict between the Russian and Japanese empires from 1904 to 1905
Event war Q159950
Russo-Japanese War
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Summary

Russo-Japanese War is a war[1]. It ranks in the top 0.93% of war entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,006 views/month, #9 of 968).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: attempt[3]
  • Followed by: Treaty of Portsmouth[4], Taft–Katsura Agreement[5], Japan–Russia Secret Agreement[6]
  • Location: Manchuria[7]
  • Commons category: Russo-Japanese War[8]
  • Has part(s): Battle of Port Arthur[9], Battle of Sandepu[10], Japanese invasion of Sakhalin[11], Battle of Chemulpo Bay[12], Battle of Korsakov[13], Hitachi Maru Incident[14], Battle of Mukden[15], Battle of Tsushima[16]
  • Start time: February 8, 1904[17]
  • End time: September 5, 1905[18]
  • Participant: Empire of Japan[19], Russian Empire[20]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Russo-Japanese War[21]
  • Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[25], The New Student's Reference Work[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 10[27]
  • Topic has template: Template:Campaignbox Russo-Japanese War[28]
  • Different from: Soviet–Japanese War[29]
  • Time period: Meiji era[30], reign of Nicholas II of Russia[31]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[32]

Why It Matters

Russo-Japanese War has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → russo-japanese-war-1904-1905
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 35xX9u
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  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0214285-ruskojaponska-valka-19041905
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  4. 18w ago · Legonin · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Larousse id → divers/guerre_russo-japonaise/141839
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Larousse id: divers/wd/141839"
  5. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    End time → —
    End time → +1905-09-05T00:00:00Z
    Followed by → —
    Topic has template → Template:Campaignbox Russo-Japanese War
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 16987, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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