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Treaty of Portsmouth

Russia · Warfare / Russo-Japanese War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1905Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1905

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas II5 September 1905

Portsmouth · Warfare / Russo-Japanese War

Accepts peace after military defeats and domestic unrest.

Sergei Yulyevich Witte5 September 1905

Portsmouth · Warfare / Russo-Japanese War

Negotiates the peace settlement ending the Russo-Japanese War.

Sergei Yulyevich Witte5 September 1905

Portsmouth · Warfare / Russo-Japanese War

Nicholas II recalls Witte to negotiate peace with Japan.

Sergei Yulyevich Witte5 September 1905

Portsmouth · Warfare / Russo-Japanese War

Secures peace terms less severe than expected.

Names involved

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov Nicholas IISergei Yulyevich Witte

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