ABSTRACT
Our study must start with the Sino-Japanese war of 1894-95. The areas which come into contention between Russia and Japan and lead ultimately to the Russo-Japanese war — Korea, Manchuria and northeastern China — were the battlefields of this war. While the war was fought between China and Japan, it attracted the close attention of the powers of Europe and in some cases affected their interests. It is therefore necessary to write of the campaigns of this war, the peacemaking and its consequences, even though this can be done only briefly.
