The General Hermonius Mission to Japan (August 1914 – March 1915) and the Issue of Armaments Supply in Russo-Japanese Relations during the First
The General Hermonius Mission to Japan (August 1914 – March 1915) and the Issue of Armaments Supply in Russo-Japanese Relations during the First

Summary/Abstract: The interesting and unique phenomenon of Russo-Japanese rapprochement during the First World War has been studied intensively by different scholars of Japan, Russia and the United States since the middle of the twentieth century. It should be noted, however, that the majority of the earlier investigations were realized from the viewpoint of diplomatic history. The works of Matsumoto Tadao, Peter A. Berton, S. S. Grigortsevich, and Yoshimura Michio could be called the classical examples of this scientific approach. In recent years, the period of “an exceptional Russo-Japanese friendship” has drawn again the attention of young historians, who are attempting to overcome the limits of the International Relations theory by including views of civilizational, economic and cultural aspects of bilateral relations.

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