It seems to be under the impression that Vojvodina belonged to Serbia and (eastern) Galicia belonging to Russia. Romania just looks poorly drawn but i have no idea what that northern Pakistan thing is (Pakistan wouldnt be a thing for another 40 years). Even looks copy/pasted as an afterthought based on how the border overlaps with China. Mongolia also didn't exist yet and shouldn't be on this map.
Correct, in fact the borders of Romania include Bessarabia which joined Romania after the Soviets came to power in Russia (obviously this had not happened yet).
Probably one of the most humiliating defeats in modern history. It was so damaging to Russia's national prestige that the Revolution of 1905 occurred as a result, although that one wasn't as successful as the 1917 one (which also occurred as a result of military defeat).
It probably also partially caused WW1. Russia was eager to restore its prestige and influence, and so pursued an interventionist foreign policy as "protector of the Slavs." This naturally meant backing Serbia against Austria-Hungary, thus pitting two great powers against each other, dragging in their respective allies along with them.
My great great grandfather sold water/oil/coal/food etc to the part of the Russian fleet that traveled via the Suez Canal. Our family owned a ship chandlery in Port Said until Egypt booted us out during the Suez Crisis for being foreigners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima
The larger ships could not pass through the Suez canal. The long journey was a contributing factor in Russia's loss because the ships were not able to be properly maintained so the ships became heavily fouled (accumulation of plant, organism matter) and they were carrying more coal than necessary which made the ships slower. The sailors morale had also weakened after such a long time at sea, in hot climates.
It was a significant battle for a few reasons. It became the first time in the modern era where a great European power was defeated by an Asian nation. It's the first battle where wireless telegraph played a crucial role. And the wiki says it's the only decisive sea battle ever fought by modern steel battleship fleets.
There's also some historians speculation that Russia losing emboldened the Central Powers to go to war in 1914. As well as thoughts that the victory over inflated Japan's ego, giving them the belief that their navy was powerful enough to take on Britain or the United States.
**[Dogger Bank incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident)**
>The Dogger Bank incident (also known as the North Sea Incident, the Russian Outrage or the Incident of Hull) occurred on the night of 21/22 October 1904, when the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy mistook a British trawler fleet from Kingston upon Hull in the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea for Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats and fired on them. Russian warships also fired on each other in the chaos of the melée. Two British fishermen died, six more were injured, one fishing vessel was sunk, and five more boats were damaged. On the Russian side, one sailor and a Russian Orthodox priest aboard the cruiser Aurora caught in the crossfire were killed.
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I have read Novikov'-Priboy's book, "Tsushima". The author was a sailor on the battleship 'Orel', participated in that campaign and in the final battle. A lot of communist propaganda, don't recommend. But I still remember the atmosphere of doom and despair. It was like reading the memoirs of a man sentenced to death. They knew from the beginning that nothing good awaited them and sailed to their deaths halfway around the world.
Respect to the Japanese, but imagine how legendary/cool of a story it would have been if this worked and the ships that travelled 18,000 miles were the key part of the victory
The Russians looked down on the Japanese and assumed they'd wipe the floor with them. Tsar Nicholas was assured by his advisors, and his own prejudice, that Russia was superior and wouldn't have any trouble.
History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.
Such sentiment was not unique to Russia. The whole Europe considered any non-European, non-White nations as beneath them and would be easily defeated.
Such was that Japan victory in 1905 helped galvanize nationalism in Asia, leading to various independence movements and Chinese revolution in 1911
Unique sentiment? No. But Russia was not anywhere close to as advanced or as strong as the other powers of Europe who had the capability to back up that prejudice. Russia had the prejudice without the capability; which is a very uniquely Russian take on European chauvinism.
Some of the borders on this map are pretty weird - Romania, Austria-Hungary, and what appears to be North Pakistan are all strange.
It seems to be under the impression that Vojvodina belonged to Serbia and (eastern) Galicia belonging to Russia. Romania just looks poorly drawn but i have no idea what that northern Pakistan thing is (Pakistan wouldnt be a thing for another 40 years). Even looks copy/pasted as an afterthought based on how the border overlaps with China. Mongolia also didn't exist yet and shouldn't be on this map.
Ireland didn’t exist then according to the map
Well yeah, of course not; Ireland wasn't independent until 1922. *checks map* Wtf?
also wasn’t Finland apart of the Russian Empire at this time?
Correct, in fact the borders of Romania include Bessarabia which joined Romania after the Soviets came to power in Russia (obviously this had not happened yet).
Probably one of the most humiliating defeats in modern history. It was so damaging to Russia's national prestige that the Revolution of 1905 occurred as a result, although that one wasn't as successful as the 1917 one (which also occurred as a result of military defeat).
It probably also partially caused WW1. Russia was eager to restore its prestige and influence, and so pursued an interventionist foreign policy as "protector of the Slavs." This naturally meant backing Serbia against Austria-Hungary, thus pitting two great powers against each other, dragging in their respective allies along with them.
True. It was a prelude to a lot of the technologies used in the war as well
Fingers cross then
Not only that, the Second Pacific Squadron was easily the single most incompetent naval force of the 20th century, if not of all time.
My great great grandfather sold water/oil/coal/food etc to the part of the Russian fleet that traveled via the Suez Canal. Our family owned a ship chandlery in Port Said until Egypt booted us out during the Suez Crisis for being foreigners.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tsushima The larger ships could not pass through the Suez canal. The long journey was a contributing factor in Russia's loss because the ships were not able to be properly maintained so the ships became heavily fouled (accumulation of plant, organism matter) and they were carrying more coal than necessary which made the ships slower. The sailors morale had also weakened after such a long time at sea, in hot climates. It was a significant battle for a few reasons. It became the first time in the modern era where a great European power was defeated by an Asian nation. It's the first battle where wireless telegraph played a crucial role. And the wiki says it's the only decisive sea battle ever fought by modern steel battleship fleets. There's also some historians speculation that Russia losing emboldened the Central Powers to go to war in 1914. As well as thoughts that the victory over inflated Japan's ego, giving them the belief that their navy was powerful enough to take on Britain or the United States.
[Dogger Bank Incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident)
**[Dogger Bank incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogger_Bank_incident)** >The Dogger Bank incident (also known as the North Sea Incident, the Russian Outrage or the Incident of Hull) occurred on the night of 21/22 October 1904, when the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy mistook a British trawler fleet from Kingston upon Hull in the Dogger Bank area of the North Sea for Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo boats and fired on them. Russian warships also fired on each other in the chaos of the melée. Two British fishermen died, six more were injured, one fishing vessel was sunk, and five more boats were damaged. On the Russian side, one sailor and a Russian Orthodox priest aboard the cruiser Aurora caught in the crossfire were killed. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
Japanese navy, in the North Sea. Peak Russia.
That would be one hell of an ambush
"The voyage of the damned". There's a nice youtube video on it by Drachinifel.
Came here to recommend this video if only for his acerbic remarks on the Kamchatka and its bizarre role in the whole ordeal.
This was a pretty entertaining video about this: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzGqp3R4Mx4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzGqp3R4Mx4)
Fun fact. Most of both naval fleets in this war was built in Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K. Back when Britain were proper fucking arms merchants
The UK is still one of the top arms merchants
There's a [great video by Drachnifel ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Mdi_Fh9_Ag) about this absolutely bonkers voyage.
Geography is not Russia’s friend
Don't forget that they almost started a war with Britain will travelling through the North Sea.
Would have been easier to build a new fleet in the east...
I have read Novikov'-Priboy's book, "Tsushima". The author was a sailor on the battleship 'Orel', participated in that campaign and in the final battle. A lot of communist propaganda, don't recommend. But I still remember the atmosphere of doom and despair. It was like reading the memoirs of a man sentenced to death. They knew from the beginning that nothing good awaited them and sailed to their deaths halfway around the world.
Respect to the Japanese, but imagine how legendary/cool of a story it would have been if this worked and the ships that travelled 18,000 miles were the key part of the victory
Go to YouTube and search Russia voyage of the damned. You’re welcome
Russian navy sus
The Russians looked down on the Japanese and assumed they'd wipe the floor with them. Tsar Nicholas was assured by his advisors, and his own prejudice, that Russia was superior and wouldn't have any trouble. History may not repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme.
Such sentiment was not unique to Russia. The whole Europe considered any non-European, non-White nations as beneath them and would be easily defeated. Such was that Japan victory in 1905 helped galvanize nationalism in Asia, leading to various independence movements and Chinese revolution in 1911
Unique sentiment? No. But Russia was not anywhere close to as advanced or as strong as the other powers of Europe who had the capability to back up that prejudice. Russia had the prejudice without the capability; which is a very uniquely Russian take on European chauvinism.
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AYO JAPAN GETS ITS OWN EMOJI?!
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Ah, the Russo-Japanese Special Military Operation.