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Sergei Witte, three quarter length portrait

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Photograph shows Sergei Witte, Russian envoy to the Portsmouth Peace Conference, three-quarter length portrait, seated at a table, facing front.

The Siege and Battle of Port Arthur marked the commencement of the Russo-Japanese War. Porth Artur was the deep-water port and Russian naval base at the tip of the Liaodong Peninsula in Manchuria. Port Arthur was widely regarded as one of the most strongly fortified positions in the world at the time. It was the longest and most violent land battle of the Russo-Japanese War. Russian land forces in the course of the siege suffered 31,000 casualties, of whom 15,000 were killed, wounded, and missing.

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vitte s i u sergei i u l evich graf journeys new hampshire portsmouth russo japanese war diplomacy american diplomats russian peace conferences photographic prints portrait photographs sergei witte history of japan russian empire three quarter length portrait medium full shot foreign minister sergei witte portsmouth peace conference history of russia lot 2624 photo print ultra high resolution high resolution peace conference library of congress facing front portrait
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01/01/1905
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Russo-Japanese War. Port Arthur.

Siege and Battle of Port Arthur, 1904-1905
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Portsmouth ,  43.07176, -70.76255
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Library of Congress
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vitte s i u sergei i u l evich graf journeys new hampshire portsmouth russo japanese war diplomacy american diplomats russian peace conferences photographic prints portrait photographs sergei witte history of japan russian empire three quarter length portrait medium full shot foreign minister sergei witte portsmouth peace conference history of russia lot 2624 photo print ultra high resolution high resolution peace conference library of congress facing front portrait