Russian Kwantung and the Chinese Eastern Railway

Russian Kwantung and the Chinese Eastern Railway was a colony in Manchuria (East Asia) that lasted from 1898 to 1905 CE, about 7 years. Its people spoke Slavic languages (Russian, Polish, Czech, Serbian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian).

Russia leased Port Arthur and built the Chinese Eastern Railway through Manchuria, founding Harbin. Defeat in the Russo-Japanese War handed the south to Japan.

See Russian Kwantung and the Chinese Eastern Railway on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1898 to 1905 CE

Duration

7 years

Type

Colony

Region

Manchuria, East Asia

Language family

Slavic

Capital

Port Arthur, Harbin

Became

• Kwantung Leased Territory 1905 to 1945 CE

Neighbours in East Asia

• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE
• Empire of Japan 1868 to 1947 CE
• Ganden Phodrang (Dalai Lama government) 1642 to 1951 CE
• Portuguese Macau 1557 to 1999 CE
• Manchuria under the Qing 1644 to 1907 CE
• British Hong Kong 1841 to 1997 CE
• Japanese Taiwan 1895 to 1945 CE
• Kwantung Leased Territory 1905 to 1945 CE
• Korean Empire 1897 to 1910 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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