Rozhdestvensky

Japanese: ロジェストベンスキー

A Russian naval officer. During the Russo-Japanese War, he was a vice admiral and chief aide-de-camp. During the Russo-Japanese War that broke out in February 1904, the Russian Pacific Fleet, which was in Port Arthur, was blockaded in the port by the Japanese Navy. Russia organized the Second Pacific Fleet from the powerful Baltic Fleet, and, with Rozhdestvensky as its commander-in-chief, sent it on a major expedition from the Baltic Sea to the Sea of Japan in mid-October. When Port Arthur fell in January 1905 and the Pacific Fleet was destroyed (Capture of Port Arthur), the Third Pacific Fleet was further organized with Nebokatov as its commander-in-chief. The two fleets met in Cam Ranh Bay, French Indochina, and began heading north in mid-May. On the 27th, they encountered the Japanese fleet led by Togo Heihachiro off the coast of Tsushima, and the Battle of Tsushima began. The two-day battle ended with a crushing victory for the Japanese Navy, and Rozhdestvensky, who was in the command tower of the flagship Suvorov, was seriously wounded and taken prisoner, while Nebokatov surrendered. In September of the same year, the Treaty of Portsmouth was signed, and when repatriation of prisoners of war began in November, Rozhestvensky also left Japan.

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Japanese:

ロシアの海軍軍人。日露戦争当時海軍中将，侍従武官長。1904年２月に勃発した日露戦争において，旅順港にあったロシア太平洋艦隊は日本海軍によって港内に封鎖されていた。ロシアは強力なバルチック艦隊の中から第２太平洋艦隊を編制，ロジェストベンスキーを司令長官として，10月中旬バルト海から日本海への大遠征に向かわせた。1905年１月旅順が陥落して太平洋艦隊が壊滅すると（旅順攻略），さらにネボカトフを司令長官とする第３太平洋艦隊を編制，両艦隊は仏印カムラン湾で落ち合い，５月中旬北上を開始。27日対馬沖で東郷平八郎率いる日本艦隊と遭遇し，日本海海戦が始まった。２日間にわたる戦闘は日本海軍の圧勝に終わり，旗艦スウォーロフの司令塔にいたロジェストベンスキーは重傷を負って捕虜となり，ネボカトフは降伏した。同年９月日露講和条約（ポーツマス条約）が調印され，11月から捕虜の送還が開始されると，ロジェストベンスキーも日本を離れた。

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