Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
The (Russian:Петербургский договор) between the Empire of Japan and Empire of Russia was signed on 7 May 1875, and its ratifications exchanged at Tokyo on 22 August 1875. The treaty itself went into effect in 1877.

Its terms stipulated that Japan cedes to Russia the part of Sakhalin island it then owned in exchange for the group of the Kuril Islands owned by Russia (between Iturup island and the Kamchatka Peninsula). Consequently, Sakhalin island as a whole became Russian territory, and the entire Kuril archipelago Japanese territory.

The authentic text of the Treaty is written in French. Differences with its Japanese translation contributed to the controversy on what constitutes the Kuril islands, claims to which Japan renounced in 1951 by the Treaty of San Francisco. The Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875) is part of an ongoing, and long-standing, dispute between Russia and Japan over the jurisdiction of the Kuril Islands.
Q7737
Russian
Concept
Q188712
Empire of Japan
LOC
Q34266
Empire of Russia
LOC
Q7792
Sakhalin
LOC
Q80389
Kuril Islands
LOC
Q993
Kamchatka Peninsula
LOC
Q389717
dispute between Russia and Japan over the jurisdiction of the Kuril Islands
Concept
Q1197271
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875)
MEDIA
1875-05-07T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
7 May 1875
DATE
1875-08-22T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
22 August 1875
DATE
1877-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1877
DATE
1951-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1951
DATE
+1875^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1875
NUMBER
signatory
participant
point in time