1905 Portsmouth World

110 years ago, on September 5, 1905, a peace treaty was signed in Portsmouth (USA) through the mediation of US President Theodore Roosevelt, ending the Russo-Japanese War. Russia recognized Korea as a sphere of Japanese influence, ceded to Japan the lease rights to the Liaodong Peninsula with Port Arthur and the Far East, part of the South Manchurian Railway from Port Arthur to Kuanchengzi, and agreed to conclude a convention on fishing along the Russian coasts of the Sea of ​​Japan, the Sea of ​​Okhotsk and the Bering Sea. . Russia also ceded the south of Sakhalin to Japan. Both sides pledged to use the Manchurian railways only for commercial purposes.

Given the loss of all battles by the Russian army and navy, the terms of the agreement, thanks to the diplomatic skill of the head of the Russian delegation, Sergei Witte, were quite soft for Russia. Japan failed to get the whole of Sakhalin and achieve payment of indemnity.