Russia - expansion in Asia

Question 1

alex 11 - Asia

Answer 1

Treaty of Aigun was signed on May 28, 1858,
Cedes large part of far east to russia

Question 2

1945-Soviets capture manchuria

Answer 2

invasion of Manchuria August 9, 1945.
-Soviet forces had captured over 41,000 Japanese soldiers
-Japan’s decision to surrender, which was announced by Emperor Hirohito on August 15, 1945.

Question 3

Stalins oppresion of koreans/chinese

Answer 3

1937, approximately 172,000 Koreans and 12000 chinese were forcibly relocated from the Russian Far East to Central Asia.

Mortality: 16,500 killed

Question 4

Stalin oppresion Kasahks

Answer 4

Alongside holodomour famine
-2.3 million Kazakhs died
-75% of kazakhstans population

Question 5

Alex 111 -gains infleunce over central asia

Answer 5

By 1886, the railway reached Ashkabad

The Transcaspian Oblast was officially established on May 6, 1881,
100,000 Muslim Tartars were forcibly converted

Question 6

N11 -russo japansese

Answer 6

1900 -lease port arthur
Inavde port arhtur -Feb 8th 1904
Seige Port - August 1st 1904 begin siege

Forced to surrender- January 2, 1905

Question 7

Gerogia

Answer 7

Georgia gains independence march 3rd 1918
Reinvaded Feb 25th 1921

Question 8

Steppe statue

Answer 8

1891
40 acres
over 200,000 deaths directly tied to starvation and related issues.
Ethnics Originally 80-90% (pre-1891)
Displaced Kazakh -Over 1 million displaced by the 1910s

Question 9

Lenin

Answer 9

closes mosques - 20000 1917 to 60 by 1935
Executes 200000 asian defectors after decree red terror sep 5th 1918