203 Hill {in Chinese or in Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

: 二〇三高地} is in Lushunkou District, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

. In 1904-1905, one of the fiercest battles was fought between the Japanese and Russian

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 armies in the Siege of Port Arthur

Siege of Port Arthur

The Siege of Port Arthur , 1 August 1904 – 2 January 1905, the deep-water port and Russian naval base at the tip of the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria, was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War....

, during the Russo-Japanese War

Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...

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It is so named because it is 203 metres above sea level. Maresuke Nogi

Maresuke Nogi

Count , also known as Kiten, Count Nogi, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and a prominent figure in the Russo-Japanese War.- Early life :...

 after the battle used the same Chinese pronouciation to name it the "Mountain Where Your Souls Lie" (in Chinese or ) in his famous poem.

See also

• Dalian
  Dalian
  Dalian is a major city and seaport in the south of Liaoning province, Northeast China. It faces Shandong to the south, the Yellow Sea to the east and the Bohai Sea to the west and south. Holding sub-provincial administrative status, Dalian is the southernmost city of Northeast China and China's...
  
  
• Lushunkou District
• Russo-Japanese War
  Russo-Japanese War
  The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...
  
  
• Siege of Port Arthur
  Siege of Port Arthur
  The Siege of Port Arthur , 1 August 1904 – 2 January 1905, the deep-water port and Russian naval base at the tip of the Liaotung Peninsula in Manchuria, was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War....
  
  

External links

• 203 Hill (Baidu Encyclopedia) (in Chinese)