 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - MaJapan akabudirira kudimburira njanji yeTrans-Siberia, achigumisa kutumira zvinhu kuVladivostok. Mamiriro okunze anotonhora uye umhutu zvinouraya varwi vechiJapan, uye kurwisana nevatsigiri veSoviet kunowanzoitika. Pasinei nokusiyana nenzvimbo dzemaindasitiri dzeRussia, mauto eSoviet anochengetedza kukwirira kwakaderera mumhepo nepfuti, asi kururama kwawo kunowanzokanganisika, zvichikonzera kurasikirwa kukuru kumativi ose ari maviri. Kurwisa kweJapan Vladivostok kunopfuurira zvikuru sokurwisa kwavo Port Arthur muna 1904, vachitambura kurasikirwa kukuru uye vachiwana nzvimbo duku zvikuru. 