Born Then1904–1905
Life during the Russo-Japanese War
Be born in a place it hit, a few years before it began, and see what it did to five ordinary lives.
What it meant for ordinary people
Russia and Japan fought over Manchuria and Korea. Japan won at Port Arthur, Mukden and Tsushima, the first modern victory of an Asian power over a European one. Defeat helped set off the 1905 revolution in Russia.
Deaths: well over 100,000 soldiers on both sides, plus Chinese civilians in Manchuria.
How hard it hits each person in the game (risk of death, of being conscripted, of leaving) comes from our model, estimated from the sources.
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