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And today we're gonna back to the country which produces the craziest media content in the world.

And at the same time we will be talking about our suddenly great and mighty Homeland - Russia.

In one word, about the Russo-Japanese war or certainly the Japanese-Russian war, it is our case today.

We will be more talking about Japan, well, what was happening to this country?

Let's remember; the Meiji revolution.

I just shortly explain the point, The Meiji revolution led to the fact that in the shortest time-gap Japan progressively jumped out of the total middle ages to the new time within steam, gunpowder, Victorian-age and other advantages and also even managed to remain completely independent nation.

I mean it was economically independent from any Yankees, French, Russians and other.

In fact, they had been achieving quite a lot since 30 (thirty) years of the Meiji restoration as opposed to neighboring China, which by the 90 (ninety) years of the XIX (nineteenth) century managed to survive many disasters and all that affected to it not very well; 2 opium wars, series of riots, losing in the war against France as a result China dropped all its rights to Vietnam.

But China had Korea and this point attracted a lot of attention from Japan.

I mean, the young, developing, already entering the industrial age, Japan also needed markets to sell off its goods, moreover the British drove Japan away from Taiwan, which they recently had taken over before.

Especially China was weak, as I said.

Because of these reasons the first Japanese-Chinese war began, as a result island Asians defeated the continental Asians.

We will not dwell on this conflict, I just tell the result of the war.

China infamously lost the war, gave Korea Independence because of that Korea turned into a Japanese colony, gave Japan the Liaodong Peninsula about which we will talk a little bit later and at last China paid tones and millions of money, gold, and I don't know what they all used to kept their money.

And then everything seems to be fine, 1895 (one thousand eight hundred and ninety-fifth), they got the Liaodong peninsula, humiliated China; the European nations did not pay attention...

I have just already said that: at that time China was diminished by everyone who could do it, here was the key so that - this Japanese fest was a concrete pain in the neck for all of these European countries.

By the way the United States did not belong to all these countries, actually they were in good relations with Japan at that time, as a bit suddenly it might sound now.

France, Germany and Russia intervened and demanded that Japan reconsider the terms of the peace Treaty.

Consequently Japan had received Liadong Peninsula, for the record the Port Arthur is there, instead Japan just got more money from China.

And need to say that all these new amendments were extremely opposed with hostility by society in Japan.

Because they had won the war, but they had not much as they wanted.

To speak more correctly, the Japanese grinded their teeth and swallow it - there was nothing to do, while their militaristic mood continued to grow.

Also a good reason for that was the fact that Russia decided to rent whole Liaodong peninsula from China for 25 years for almost free.

After that, Russia began building such railroads in Manchuria, occupied port-Arthur, the last one was really need for Russia because this port is not being frozen, and only one the nearest major naval Russian base - Vladivostok is being frozen at winters. Poor port.

By 1904 (one thousand nine hundred and four) year, relations between Russia and Japan really escalated.

Japan wanted everything that it took away from China Almost 10 (ten) goddamned years ago, while Russia needed a small victorious war, and well..

In total, 1904 (nineteen fourth year) Japan purchased warships from Italy and happily forwards them to itself, while no one was watching.

Actually, Japan was well prepared for war, as Technically and economically and socially.

Well, The fact was that the Japanese reformation was promoted by the Japanese oligarchy: large businessmen-they got their own class with all the stuff, but it does not matter.

The matter is next: all the modernization of the country took place under the hash tags like these ones - the Emperor is alive, the Emperor forever, Meiji we love you, And so on.

And by 1904 (nineteen fourth year), the Japanese Emperors popularity peak had reached unprecedented result; the same