19th Century Russia and Japan
Russian Government - Cost of Industrialization
Russia and Japan - Late to Western Culture
Economic and Political - Similiar Characteristics
Proposed a European disarmament conference, cost of weapons rapidly rising. Growing foreign presence and an effort to imitate aspects of Western Education. Two important nations that defied the common pattern of growing Western domination during the 19th century: Russia and Japan.
Russia and Japan launched a similar industrialization in 1914 to make changes to strengthen their political and social systems. Russia nor Japan rivaled the industrial might of the West at this point each trying to catch up after a late start. Russia and Japan contrasted the pattern and characteristics of China and the Middle East in the 19th century. …show more content…
Road to Revolution
Protest and Revolution in Russian- Intelligentsia
Japan: Transformation Without Revolution - Sino Japanese War
Japan’s Industrial Revolution - Effects of Culture and Society
Russia became profoundly unstable. A group of radical Intelligentsia became increasingly active during this time it is a Russian word for articulate intellectuals as a class. One of the most active Marxist leaders was Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov who was known as Lenin, who lead the Russian group called the Bolsheviks.
To outside Japan seem to have undergone little change during the first half of the 19th century. Like Russia Japan faced pressure from the West. Japan's response to this was more direct and more successful than Russia. Japan's quick victory of China in the Sino-Japanese War to gain trust in Korea led to expansion.
Political decisions were essential after the crisis of the 1860s, but they were soon matched by other attempts. The Industrial Revolution and the wider extensions of manufacturing and commercial agriculture, along with political change, had significant consequences within Japanese culture and