Russo-Japanese War: Tsar Nicholas IIs Decisive Role in East Asian Conflict
The decades preceding the onset of hostilities in the Russo-Japanese War found the Russian Empire on its heels, owing to military defeats, domestic uprisings, and the assassination of Tsar Alexander II. When Alexander III died prematurely, he was succeeded by his 26-year-old son, Nicholas II, who would be the empire’s final monarch. Although his … Read more