Title: Imperial Russian Army cannons Description: Imperial Russian Army cannons captured by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Yellow River in April 1904, a major victory for the Japanese in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905); Japan won several battles before U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858-January 6, 1919) mediated truce talks in 1905; 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: Chemulpo, Korea, Chenampo, cannons, Korea, films, Imperial Russia, Japan, Japanese Empire, Korea, Liaodong Peninsula, Manchurian Campaign (1904-1905), motion pictures, movies, Mukden, Port Arthur, Manchuria, Russia, Russian Empire, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), spoils of war, Yellow River, Yellow Sea, 1900s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2700 x 1603 (4.33 MPixels) (1.68) Print Size: 22.9 x 13.6 cm; 9.0 x 5.3 inches File Size: 12.42 MB (13,019,644 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038266 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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