The Russian Empire did not lose the Russo-Japanese War.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
The claim that the Russian Empire did not lose the Russo-Japanese War is contradicted by multiple reliable sources, including the AP, the U.S. State Department's historical office, and Britannica, which report Japan defeated Russia and forced it to accept the Treaty of Portsmouth.
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… There was very little censorship. The Jewish press was completely of themselves. The leftist press was completely free. They were incredibly irresponsible, not that anything has changed, and they created a myth that the Russians lost the Russo-Japanese War, which is a enormous myth, anything they could to whip up hatred against the government, not so much against capital, but against the government. …
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Contradicts. The AP history states that Japan defeated Russia in the 1905 Russo-Japanese War, with Theodore Roosevelt mediating a negotiated end to the fighting.[1]
Contradicts. The State Department's history records that the Japanese scored significant victories and that the Treaty of Portsmouth ceded southern Sakhalin and affirmed Japanese presence in Korea and southern Manchuria, outcomes consistent with a Russian defeat.[2]
Contradicts. Britannica states that Japan won a convincing victory over Russia, and that the defeat helped spark the 1905 Russian Revolution.[3]
Supports. Some secondary sources describe the war's outcome as a clear Japanese victory with Russian territorial and prestige losses, reinforcing the contradiction of the claim.[4][5]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 primary, 3 not rated
- 1A history of rocky relations between Japan and Russiaapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2The Treaty of Portsmouth and The Russo-Japanese War 1904–1905history.state.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Russo-Japanese War | Causes, Summary, Maps, & Significancebritannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905): battles, leaders, casualtiesdefensematrixlab.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Russo-Japanese War - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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