Treaty of Shimoda

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The Treaty of Shimoda was an 1855 agreement between the Russian Empire and Japan that established formal diplomatic relations and defined their borders in the Kuril Islands and surrounding regions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bilateral treaty ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Russo-Japanese Treaty of 1855 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Shimoda
borderProvision Urup and islands to the north recognized as Russian ⓘ
southern Kuril Islands (Iturup, Kunashir, Shikotan, Habomai) recognized as Japanese ⓘ
linked to: Southern Kurils
countrySignatory Japan ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
dateSigned 1855-02-07 ⓘ
definedBorderInRegion Kuril Islands ⓘ
Sakhalin (ambiguous status) ⓘ
established formal diplomatic relations between the Russian Empire and Japan ⓘ
grantedRight limited extraterritorial rights for Russian citizens in Japan ⓘ
residence of a Russian consul in Japan ⓘ
hasLegalStatus superseded by later Russo-Japanese treaties ⓘ
historicalPeriod late Edo period ⓘ
language Japanese ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
legalEffect first formal Russo-Japanese border agreement ⓘ
first treaty establishing official relations between Russia and Japan ⓘ
negotiatedBy Japanese Tokugawa shogunate officials ⓘ
Yevfimiy Putyatin ⓘ
openedPort Hakodate ⓘ
Nagasaki ⓘ
linked to: Port of Nagasaki

Shimoda ⓘ
partOf Russo-Japanese relations ⓘ
precedes Treaty of Portsmouth ⓘ
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) ⓘ
providedFor opening of Japanese ports to Russian ships ⓘ
regionAffected Far East ⓘ
linked to: East Asia

North Pacific ⓘ
relatedTo opening of Japan to foreign powers ⓘ
unequal treaties with Japan ⓘ
signedAt Shimoda ⓘ
signedInCountry Japan ⓘ
signedUnderGovernment Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
statusOfSakhalin left undefined and shared between Russia and Japan ⓘ
subject consular representation ⓘ
navigation rights ⓘ
territorial delimitation in the Kuril Islands ⓘ
trade rights ⓘ
yearSigned 1855 ⓘ

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Kuril Islands → hasHistoricalTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
Sakhalin Island → historicalTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
Northern Territories dispute → legalReference → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) → alsoKnownAs → Sakhalin–Kuril Exchange Treaty ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
linked to: Treaty of Shimoda
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) → follows → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
subject linked to: Treaty of Saint Petersburg 1875
Treaty of Shimoda → alsoKnownAs → Russo-Japanese Treaty of 1855 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Shimoda
Northern Territories → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
Etorofu Island → treatyMention → Treaty of Shimoda (1855) ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Shimoda
Shimoda → historicalEvent → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
subject linked to: Shimoda, Japan
Shimoda → treatySigned → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
subject linked to: Shimoda, Japan
Northern Territories (Japan) → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
subject linked to: Northern Territories by Japan
Shimoda → treatyInvolved → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ
Russia–Japan relations → firstMajorTreaty → Treaty of Shimoda ⓘ