i. 175, 180
Pavlovski, M., engineer of Siberian Railway, i. 253
Peking, Treaty of, i. 35, 199; capture of, i. 155
Penalties on active service, ii. 171, 173
Persia: war with Russia, i. 33; frontier and trade with Russia, i. 58, 59; the cockpit of the Middle East, i. 59; Great Britain and Germany in, i. 60; Russian aims in, i. 61
_Personnel_, defects in, ii. 60–72
Peter the Great: war with Sweden, i. 5; war with Turkey, i. 6; founder of the Russian fleet, i. 7; his struggles with Charles XII. and Napoleon, i. 10, 11; his counsel, i, 20; his influence, i. 41
Petroff, General, i. 245
Petrovitch, Paul, Emperor, his reforms, i. 38
Plancon, M., diplomat, investigation of the Timber Company, i. 180
Plehve, Von, Minister of the Interior, and the Timber Company, ii. 311
Plevna, battle at, i. 25–30; the cause of the Russian reverses at, ii. 13
Poland, Russia’s neighbour, i. 3; her struggles with Russia, i. 7; the problem of, i. 10, 11; rebellion, i. 23
Poltava, Russian victory at, i. 5, 11, 41
Port Arthur: Russian aims, i. 69; work at, i. 126, 127; armament for, i. 128, 129; the council on the timber concession, i. 180–184; Kuropatkin’s advice as to, i. 189, 190; Chino-Japanese War, i. 202; naval battles at, i. 238–241; fall of, i. 260; garrison at, ii. 205, 208; weakness of, ii. 211, 213, 214; result of fall of, ii. 299
Pri-Amur district and Russia, i. 77; increase of troops in, i. 121, 122, 144, 151
Punishment, corporal, ii. 173
Putiloff Hill: Japanese losses at, ii. 193; movement of troops from, ii. 319
Railways, the Siberian, i. 123, 149, 156; as a factor in the Japanese War, i. 131–134, 198; the problem of, i. 242–254, ii. 31; necessity for guarding, ii. 37
_Razsvet_, newspaper, on Kuropatkin’s responsibility, i. 177
_Razviedchik_ (_The Resurrected Dead_), i. 292
Rediger, Lieutenant-General, War Minister, his report, i. 138, 139
Rennenkampf, General: capture of Tsitsihar and Kirin, i. 155; in the Tai-tzu Ho Valley, ii. 244, 254, 273; Liao-yang, ii. 318, 328; the gallantry of his troops, ii. 323
Reservists, Russian, i. 275–286, ii. 73, 163
Revenue, Russian, i. 142
Revolutionists, Social, ii. 75–80
Roop, General, criticisms by commanders, ii. 9.
Roslavleff, M., on Kuropatkin’s responsibility, i. 176, 177; the council at Port Arthur, i. 184
Roumania: Russian frontier, i. 44, 56; her aspirations, i. 57.
Rozhdestvenski, Admiral, result of his defeat at Tsushima, i. 241, 242
Rusin, Captain, Russian naval attaché, his report on the Japanese navy, i. 206, 207
_Ruski Viestnik_, article on the fleets in the Far East, i. 236, 237
Russia: extent of, in the eighteenth century, i. 2, 3; her neighbours, i. 3; her aims, i. 4; the Great Northern War and its result, i. 5–7; extension of, in the nineteenth century, i. 8, 35; reductions in the army, i. 8; closer touch with Europe, i. 9; struggles with France, i. 10; Polish problem, i. 11; annexation of Finland, i. 12; further wars with Turkey, i. 13, 24; deterioration of the army, i. 14; her navy, i. 15; her unpreparedness, i. 16; Crimean War commences, i. 16; Allies’ disembarkation permitted, i. 17; battle of the Alma, i. 17, 18; Inkerman, i. 18; siege of Sevastopol, i. 18, 19; a premature peace, i. 20–22, 81, 82; emancipation of the serfs, i. 23; Plevna, i. 25; failure of assaults, i. 26; her slow concentration and shortcomings, i. 27–29; her ultimate success, i. 30; Geok Tepe, i. 31; Kushk, i. 32; her position, i. 33–35; losses in the two centuries, i. 36, 37, 98, 99; peace and war establishments, i. 38; her future, i. 39; her Swedish frontier, i. 40–44; her German frontier and trade, i. 44–50; her Austro-Hungarian frontier, i. 50–55; Austria’s strategic railways, i. 55; her Roumanian frontier, i. 56; her Turkish frontier and trade, i. 57; her Persian frontier and trade, i. 58, 59; her aims in Persia, i. 61; her frontier with Afghanistan, i. 62; her policy versus Great Britain, i. 63–66; no wish for India, i. 67; her Chinese frontier, trade, and policy, i. 67–73; her position, i. 73–77; lessons from Franco-German War, i. 79, 80; _National_ wars, i. 80, 81; her isolation in 1878, i. 83; her lever against Great Britain, i. 84; Afghan Boundary Commission, i. 85, 86; military economy, i. 187; her disabilities, i. 188, 189; relative speed of mobilization, i. 90; the awakening of China, i. 91; cession of Kuldja, i. 92–94; her complications, i. 95; deductions from the past, i. 96; strain of armed peace, i. 97; probable losses in the future, i. 99; dangers of alien population, i. 102; the chief duty of the twentieth century, i. 103; her handicap on the west, i. 104, 114; her forward movement in Manchuria, i. 105; the disadvantages of a navy, i. 106, 107; military expenditure, i. 112, 118; expansion of forces in the Pri-Amur district, i. 121–123; commencement and causes of the war with Japan,