Russo-Japanese War

Question 1

Causes of War events

Answer 1

• Alex 3 “Scramble for colonies drives expansionism in the East
• 1891 - Transiberian railway built
• 1897 - TSR built across Manchuria
• Increased presence in Korea
• 1898 - 25yr lease of Port Arthur lead to issues with Japan
• Russians don’t remove temporary troops from Manchuria in 1903

Question 2

Causes of War quote

Answer 2

“to stem the tide of revolution we need a successful little war” - Phleve

Question 3

Practices of War events

Answer 3

• Jp surprise attack on Port arthur
• Kaiser encourages Nick 2 to war
• Disastrous economic situation already
  Land:
• Jp surround and cut off Port Arthur
• May 1904 - Seige
• Jan 1905 - Russian Surrender
  Sea:
• Russian fleet arrives in 1905
• Defeat at Tsushima

Question 4

Practices of War stats/significance/quotes

Answer 4

• result of territorial and trade control
• seen as a distraction as it was an assumed victory
• 600k troops go to Mukden
• 20/35 Russian ships sunk, 6 captured
• 20k civilian deaths
• 180k jp v. 100k rus

Question 5

Effects of War events

Answer 5

1905 revolution:
- Jan 9 - Bloody Sunday
- June - Mutiny on Potemkin
- Treaty of Portsmouth(End)
- Oct - St. Petersburg soviet forms
-1906 - Agri reform
- 1907 - Triple entnete
- 1917 - Rev’ll

Question 6

Effects of War stats/significance/quotes

Answer 6

• Nick 2 shocked that Russia, a “great Power” should have easily defeated the “yellow peril”
• The war “promises to shatter at its foundations the regime of Nicholas the 2”-Plekhanov