apr 19, 1905 - 1905 Russo-Japanese aggression over central Asia and Korea came to blows with the Russo-Japanese War. The Russians would end up losing much in the war against Japan, with the entire Baltic and Pacific fleet being lost. The war also caused a unheard of political crisis that led to the Russian Revolution of 1905. The war would end Russian ambitions in the Far East and as a result, the Russian government instead turned its attention to Europe, and especially the Balkans. This reignited the old rivalry wi
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apr 19, 1905
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~ 120 years ago