Russo Japanese war

• Rebuff - reject
• Renedge - to go back on a promise
• short term cause of RJ war - Russia went back on its promise to remove troops from Manchuria
• short term cause of RJ war - Japan launched an attack on port arthur and damaged 3 Russian ships - had a negative effect on Russian morale
• short term cause of RJ war -

  • Wanted to divert Russian population’s attention away from worsening economic and social conditions (especially unemployment, inflation, food shortages, poor living and working conditions)
• long term cause of RJ war - disagreement over Korea and manchuria
• long term cause of RJ war -

  • Russia’s Construction of Chinese Eastern Railway and occupation of Manchuria increased threat to Japanese (after winning war against China)
• long term cause of Rj war - Russias desire to strengthen world standing
• Impact of war - (prestige for russia) revealed Russian military lack of knowledge and skill
• prestige for russia had a serious impact as russia were internationally humiliated but also led to the 1905 unrest
• The war would of had a serious impact on the economy as the cost of war would of been significant
• economy had a serious impact as Cost was large

  But also the investment in the railways to improve transport and communication had failed. leading to the peasants/poor people who made up 82% of the population to get annoyed that they had to pay for russia to end up being unsuccessful.
• (impact) support for Tsar - Military seen as incompetent - Tsar blamed personally - also seen as incompetent - led to social unrest and the further disliking of Tsar

  
  

  Serious as it fulled discontent-1905 near revolution
• (impact) - Territorial -Russia was forced to withdraw from:

  Port Arthur

  South Manchuria

  South Sakhalin

  (all key locations in the east is lost) - Reduced power and international prestige

  Exposed transport and communication weaknesses.

  
  

  Serious as territories was lost and lost geo strategic positions and showed transport and communication
• IMPACT- POLITICAL

  • undermined russian military leaders
  • Fuelled distrust
  • Reforms with the promise of raising standards did the reverse --- ALL of this led to further distrust in