A History of Europe, Key Battles

A History of Europe, Key Battles


74.2 The Russo-Japanese War and Revolution of 1905

February 10, 2023

Tsar Alexander II of Russia is assassinated in March 1881. He was probably the most liberal of all tsars of Russia, but succeeded by reactionary leaders Alexander III and then Nicholas II. Nicholas unwisely provokes Japan into a war, and is defeated, whic