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Ive just finished Peter Hopkirk’s The Great Game (excellent book) and the end of the book discusses the Russo-Japanese War and it’s role in winding down the Great Game. I’ve never really thought about the war but it’s actually pretty fascinating. Anyway, what would the effects of a Russian victory be?

The PoD would be essentially the Russian forces in Manchuria managing to hold off Japanese assaults at Port Arthur and Mukden, just long enough for reinforcements from the West to arrive by rail. OTL the Japanese were already running out of supplies and materials by the end of the war, even after some great victories, so ITTL I think it’s pretty easy to get a Russian victory as long as you can have the Russians hold out and avoid some pretty egregious mistakes like Tsushima.
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