Title: Inner harbor and docks at Port Arthur, Manchuria Description: Photograph of the inner harbor and docks at Port Arthur, Manchuria, in 1904, Imperial Russia's stronghold on the Yellow Sea, showing the basin at left, under the cliff, with Russian warships at the docks; the Imperial Japanese Navy's pre-emptive torpedo attack on February 8. 1904, in which three Russian ships were disabled, took place at the entrance to the harbor that is visible in the upper right portion of the picture; the attack was an opening engagement in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905); more Russian ships were attacked in the Battle of Chemulpo, Korea, the next day; 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, 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: Battle of Chemulpo, Korea, 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, Manchuria, Russia, Russian Empire, Russian Navy, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Yellow River, Yellow Sea, 1900s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2700 x 1397 (3.77 MPixels) (1.93) Print Size: 22.9 x 11.8 cm; 9.0 x 4.7 inches File Size: 10.82 MB (11,348,046 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038109 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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