<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Ekuqaleni, eSivumelwaneni saseShimonoseki, iRyojun yanikezwa iJapane. Le ngxenye yalesi sivumelwano yahlaselwa amandla aseNtshonalanga, anika uMbuso WaseRussia itheku, ethuthukisa izintshisekelo zaseRussia esifundeni. Lezi zintshisekelo zangqubuzana nezintshisekelo zaseJapane. Impi yaqala ngokuhlaselwa ngokuzumayo komkhumbi waseMpumalanga waseRussia owawusePort Arthur, okwalandela iMpi yasePort Arthur. Lezo zingxenye ezazama ukubaleka zanqotshwa ngamasosha asolwandle aseJapane ngaphansi kuka-Admiral Togo Heihachiro e-  <response>: Impi Yasolwandle Olubomvu. Ngemva kokuqala sekwephuzile, imikhumbi yaseRussia yaseBaltic yanqatshelwa ukudlula eSuez Canal eyayilawulwa abaseBrithani. Le mikhumbi yafika endaweni yesehlakalo ngemva konyaka, kodwa yabhujiswa eMpini yaseTsushima. Ngenkathi impi yasemhlabathini ingazange ihambe kabi kumaRashiya, amabutho aseJapane ayehlasela kakhulu kunabalingani bawo baseRussia futhi athola inzuzo yezombusazwe eyagcina ngoSivumelwano SasePortsmouth, okwaxoxiswana ngaso e-United States ngumongameli waseMelika uTheodore Roosevelt. Ngenxa yalokho, iRussia yalahlekelwa yingxenye yesiQhingi saseSakhalin esiseningizimu ye-50 degrees North latitude eyase iba yiKarafuto Prefecture, kanye namalungelo amaningi amaminerali eManchuria. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukunqotshwa kweRussia kwavula indlela yokuba iJapane ihlanganise iKorea ngokuphelele ngo - 1910. 