The Memoirs of Pranas Virakas on Mobilisation for the Russo–Japanese War, 1904–1905 Cover Image

Prano Virako prisiminimai apie mobilizaciją į Rusijos–Japonijos karą 1904–1905 metais
The Memoirs of Pranas Virakas on Mobilisation for the Russo–Japanese War, 1904–1905

Author(s): Juozas Skirius
Subject(s): Politics, History, Military history, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: Pranas Virakas; Russo-Japanese War; Mobilisation; Memoirs; Helsinki;

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses the impact of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905) on the population of Lithuania, drawing on Pranas Virakas’s memoirs of mobilisation into the tsarist army. The study is based on a unique manuscript preserved at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. The memoirs reveal processes of mobilisation, the conscripts’ mood, interethnic relations, and the authorities’ conduct. This source contributes to an under-researched topic and provides a clearer understanding of the preconditions for the revolutionary events of 1905–1907.

  • Issue Year: 141/2026
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 111-132
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Lithuanian
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