The Romanovs and the Russo-Japanese War: Disaster in the East

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the catastrophic Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, a conflict that exposed the weakness of the Romanov autocracy and sparked the 1905 Revolution. They discuss the Battle of Port Arthur, the siege of the naval base, the shocking defeat at Tsushima, where the Baltic Fleet was annihilated by Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō, and the Treaty of Portsmouth negotiated by Theodore Roosevelt. They examine the role of General Aleksey Kuropatkin, the fall of Port Arthur to General Nogi Maresuke, and the war's impact on Russian morale. The episode also covers the outbreak of the war after Japan's attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur, the patriotic fervor that quickly soured, and how the defeat led to Bloody Sunday and the October Manifesto, setting the stage for the revolution. Lucas and Luna reflect on how this distant conflict shattered the image of the invincible Russian Empire and revealed the rot within the Romanov system. #RussoJapaneseWar #PortArthur #Tsushima #BalticFleet #AdmiralTogo #TreatyofPortsmouth #TheodoreRoosevelt #NicholasII #AlekseyKuropatkin #NogiMaresuke #1905Revolution #RussianEmpire #BloodySunday #OctoberManifesto #EasternHistory #MilitaryHistory #FexingoHistory #History Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo