Alexeyev, EI - Alekseev

… Meanwhile, Russia had been taking a more active policy towards Manchuria since the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, but around 1902 the voice of the moderate faction, including Finance Minister Witte, began to wane, and instead a group led by retired Guardsman AM Bezobrazov took control. Not only did they not carry out the second withdrawal of troops in April 1903, but they also took a hard-line stance in Japan-Russia negotiations from July onwards. In August, the Government-General of the Far East was established, and the hard-line EI Alexeyev was appointed Governor-General, overseeing the entire Far East policy and also taking charge of negotiations with Japan. On the other hand, Witte's dismissal from his position as Finance Minister and his relegation to a minor position meant that the initiative in the Russian government had shifted to the pro-war faction, and negotiations between Japan and Russia continued without finding a compromise. …

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…　一方，ロシアは1900年義和団の乱を契機に対満州政策を積極化させていたが，02年ころから蔵相ウィッテら穏健派の発言力が後退し，代わって退役近衛軍人A.M.ベゾブラーゾフを中心とするグループが実権を握り，03年4月の第2次撤兵を実行しなかったばかりか，7月以後の日露交渉においても強硬路線をとることになった。8月には極東総督府が設置され，強硬派のE.I.アレクセーエフが総督に就任して極東政策全体を統轄し，対日交渉をも担当するにいたった。一方，ウィッテが蔵相を免職となり閑職に退けられたことは，ロシア政府の主導権が主戦派に移ったことを意味し，日露両国の交渉は妥協点を見いだせぬまま推移した。…

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