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Russia lost the first Crimean War because of widespread alcoholism. Drinking is killing their troops...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSoldiers battle during the Crimean War. Russia, ca. 1855.Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch...
An embarrassing Russian defeat a century ago is a warning about the risks of losing a war to China...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCruisers of the Russian Far East Fleet sunk in the bay of Port Arthur in spring 1904 or...
Russia's Rogozin proposes Russian names for disputed Kuril Islands
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe territorial dispute over the isles - which Russia says are part of its Kuril chain and which...
Portsmouth Peace Treaty Day celebrated in N.H. and Japan on Sept. 5
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPORTSMOUTH – On Sept. 5, bells rang on opposite sides of the world in celebration of Portsmouth...
Opinion: Preparing for a Russian nuclear meltdown
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 6 months agoHistorically, Russia’s defeat in foreign wars, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05, World War I, and the 1979-89 invasion of Afghanistan, has...
Local history: Japanese student was trailblazer at Akron college in 1905
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMost Akron residents had never met a Japanese immigrant until Iwahiko Tsumanuma came to town. The...
Putin’s Military Draft Is Unpopular. So What?
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian President Vladimir Putin’s nationwide mobilization has dramatically raised the stakes — not just for the war in Ukraine, but for his legitimacy...
The Russian navy's surprising losses against Ukraine are reminders of another humiliating defeat 117...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRussian cruiser Moskva in the Mediterranean Sea near Syria, December 17, 2015.Russian Defense...
Opinion: What Putin must be dreading
CNN via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLike other Russian leaders through history, President Vladimir Putin has to be concerned that military defeat, in this case the failure of Russia to...
This Little Tokyo restaurant is long gone. But it changed L.A.'s food scene forever
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe matchbook flashed like a sunset, its gilt cover catching the light. The promise of candlelight —...
