# Canonical recap data for Russo-Japanese War Battle of Mukden (1905)
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slug: battle-mukden
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1905/battle-mukden"
title: Russo-Japanese War Battle of Mukden
subtitle: The largest land battle of the early 20th century shattered European myths of Russian invincibility and triggered the 1905 Russian Revolution.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1904-02-08
endDate: 1905-09-05
datePrecision: day
year: 1905
decade: 1900
country:
name: Russia
slug: russian-empire
summaryShort: "The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the "
summaryLong: The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the Liaodong Peninsula and near Mukden in Southern Manchuria, with naval battles taking place in the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan.
heroImageUrl: "https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3c00000/3c03000/3c03600/3c03623v.jpg#h=822&w=1024"
heroImageCredit: Library of Congress
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War"
  title: Russo-Japanese War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major
wikidataQid: Q159950
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260626162344/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-26
  label: Russo-Japanese War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
- transformation
impactRadius: regional
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
