Vast Selection of Royalty Free Images and Historical Information

Title: Imperial Russian Navy warships

Description: Imperial Russian Navy warships steaming out of the inner harbor at Port Arthur, Manchuria, Imperial Russia's stronghold on the Yellow Sea, on February 1, 1904, to take position in preparation for an attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy early in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905); the war resulted from a long-standing aggressive policy of Russian Czar Nicholas II (Nikolay Alexandrovich Romanov; May 18, 1868-July 17, 1918) in the Far East that led to friction with Japanese Emperor Mutsuhito (AKA: The Meiji Emperor or The Mikado; November 3, 1852-July 30, 1912); Japanese Fleet Admiral Heihachiro Togo (Togo Heihachiro; January 27, 1848-May 30, 1934) sent torpedo boats to attack the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, Manchuria, Imperial Russia's stronghold on the Yellow Sea, on February 8, 1904 and war was declared two days later; Japan won several battles before U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858-January 6, 1919) mediated truce talks; Russia ceded to Japan the Liaodong Peninsula and the southern half of Sakhalin; Japan gained further interests in Korea and annexed the former kingdom in 1910; Russia and Japan promised to evacuate Manchuria in favor of China; two Japanese movies tell about the war: Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957), and Battle of Japan Sea (1969); the demise of the czar and his family is told in Nicholas and Alexandra (1971 UK films);

Category: Russo-Japanese War

Keywords: films, Imperial Japan, Imperial Japanese Navy, Imperial Russia, Imperial Russian Navy, Japan, Japanese Empire, Korea, Liaodong Peninsula, Manchuria, Manchurian Campaign (1904-1905), Motion pictures, movies, Mukden, Port Arthur, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Navy, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), ships, warships, Yellow River, Yellow Sea, 1900s.