A view shows a monument to the Russian cruiser Varyag during a wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 119th anniversary of the battle between the Japanese and Russian naval forces in the Chemulpo Bay, on an embankment of the port of Incheon, South Korea. At the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, on February 9, 1904, a squadron of 14 Japanese cruisers and bombers blocked the neutral Korean port of Chemulpo (present-day Incheon), which harbored the Russian armored cruiser Varyag (The Varangian) and the Koreets (The Korean) gunboat. After the Varyag received serious damage and lost 40 men in a three hour battle, the decision was made to evacuate the crews to nearby neutral ships and sink the Russian ones.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Incheon, South Korea
- Event date: 09.02.2023
- Date published: 09.02.2023
- Author: Andrei Olfert
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3993x2252px, 7Mb
- Job-ID: 85168e0a2f64747e