Lüshunkou
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Lüshunkou District, commonly known as Lüshun, is a district of Dalian, Liaoning province, China. The district has an area of 512.15 km2 and a permanent population of 398,579 as of 2020.
Lüshunkou Prison Entrance Gate
Lushunkou Lianoning China Memorial at Marine Artillery Museum 01
大连中苏友谊纪念塔 02
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Battle of Port Arthur
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The Battle of Port Arthur of 8–9 February 1904 marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. It began with a surprise night attack by a squadron of Japanese destroyers on the neutral Russian flee
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…country's rights, prerogatives, and interests in Manchuria, Japan attacked Port Arthur and the Russian fleet without declaring war in February 1904. The Battle of Port Arthur, the opening battle of the Russo-Japanese War, was fought in the heavily fortified harbour of the town of Port Arthur/Lüshun on 9 February 1904 when…
Japanese print displaying the destruction of one Russian ship
Illustration of the destruction of Russian destroyers by Japanese destroyers
A Japanese torpedo boat approaches a Russian torpedo boat. A Japanese sailor attacks with a saber the commander of the enemy ship and then throws him to the sea in a furious impetus (Angelo Agostini, O Malho, 1904).
The Japanese destroyer Sasanami on 10 March 1904, with the Russian Stereguchtschi in tow, shortly before the latter sank