Reflection of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 in Everyday Life of the Nizhny Novgorod Province

In this article, the authors, using the example of Nizhny Novgorod, examined the dynamics of changes in the relationship between society and government in the Russo-Japanese War. The attitude of the classes to the war and its results, as well as the impact that the conclusion of the Portsmouth Peace had on the development of the revolutionary movement in the province were analyzed. The authors noted that in the initial stages of the war, the population of the Nizhny Novgorod province responded with a surge of patriotic sentiments, expressed in the active collection of donations, the arrangement of hospitals, and the sending of military ambulance trains to the front. However, the patriotic outburst, which manifested itself clearly at the beginning of the war, was re-placed, first by openly expressed discontent, and subsequently by a revolutionary outburst in the province, which the authorities managed to suppress with great difficulty. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the course of hostilities in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905 was projected by the population on their own relations with the authorities and found a mirror image in the imperial hinterland.