Russo-Japanese War (Russian America)

Russo-Japanese War Beginning: February 8, 1904 End: September 5, 1905 Place: Yellow Sea area Outcome: Russian victory; Treaty of Portsmouth Russian annexation of Manchuria. Russian protectorate over Korea. Japan cedes Kuril Islands to Russia. Combatants Russia Montenegro Supported by: France Germany Japan Supported by: United Kingdom Commanders Tsar Nicholas II Emperor Meiji Strength Casualties and Losses

The Russo-Japanese War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan between 1904 until 1906. The war ended in a Russian victory, allowing for the imperial expansion of Russia into northern China and the Korean peninsula. The war was a disaster for Japan, which would not fully recover until World War I and its rise after World War II.

The Russo-Japanese war was the first conflict in which Russian Americans played a major role in, helping to strengthen an Alaskan identity that would result in independence in 1917.

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