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Russian empire: The fall of Port Arthur and the eve of the revolution
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
By Oleg Airapetov

[REGNUM] Defeats on the hills of Manchuria and in the waters of the Yellow and Japan Seas played a catalytic role in exacerbating numerous internal problems - agrarian, national, labor issues, etc. Port Arthur became a symbol of success or failure in war, a "symbol of dominion" for the Japanese. To an equal degree, he became a symbol for those who pinned their hopes for his downfall on the revolution.

Posted by: badanov 2021-08-30
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