Group of sailors, Russian navy - Public domain portrait photograph
Summary
Photo shows sailors on the Russian cruiser Dimitri Donskoi during the Columbian Naval Review, 1893. (Source: Charley Seavey, 2013)
Russian navy during the Columbian Naval Review, 1893. Authorized by Congress as part of the Columbian celebrations, both American and foreign warships assembled at Hampton Roads, VA in April 1893, then set sail for New York harbor where the review took place. Later the sailors would march in NYC. Hopefully, these sailors got to see a bit of Virginia and NYC as part of their trip. Despite their spit and polish appearance, the Russian navy was soundly defeated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05. This war also alerted the West that Japan had become a naval power.
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Date
01/01/1893
Contributors
Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on publication.