The Riga expedition (Swedish: Rigaexpeditionen) was a naval expedition conducted by the Swedish Navy to aid its citizens located in the Russian Empire during the revolution of 1905. As a result of a humiliating military defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1905, unrest spread throughout the Russian Empire the same year.
The Riga expedition (Swedish: Rigaexpeditionen) was a naval expedition conducted by the Swedish Navy to aid its citizens located in the Russian Empire during the revolution of 1905. As a result of a humiliating military defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1905, unrest spread throughout the Russian Empire the same year.
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