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Battle of Tsushima Fought On May 27, 1905
May 27, 2016
On May 27, 1905, the Battle of Tsushima known as the “Sea of Japan Naval Battle” took place and was the major battle between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (1904 – 1905).
This was naval history's only significant sea battle fought by modern steel battleship fleets, the first naval battle, in which wireless telegraphy (radio) played a critically important role, it has been characterized as the "dying echo of the old era – for the last time in the history of naval warfare ships of the line of a beaten fleet surrendered on the high seas."
The battle was localized in the Tsushima Strait between Korea and southern Japan. In this battle the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo Heihachiro destroyed two-thirds of the Russian fleet, under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, which had traveled over 18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km) to reach the Far East.
"The battle of Tsu-shima is by far the greatest and the most important naval event since Trafalgar", Sir George Sydenham Clarke, a British Army officer and colonial administrator, wrote in London in 1906.
Both sides participating in the battle, had early wireless telegraphy, the Russians were using German sets; however, they had difficulties in using and maintain them. The Japanese, on the other hand, used their own equipment and it was their advantage.
Several decades later, historian Edmund Morris agreed with this opinion. The destruction of the Russian navy caused a bitter reaction from the Russian public, which induced a peace treaty in September 1905 without any further battles.
▲ Battle of Tsushima
▲ Battle of Tsushima
▲ [World of Warships] Naval Legends: Battle of Tsushima. Published on Jul 17, 2015
▲ [World of Warships] Naval Legends: Battle of Tsushima. Screen capture of Battle result. Published on Jul 17, 2015
Milestone: Pre-WWI Nipponese neuroscience research
Japanese ophthalmologist Tatsuji Inouye who created the first relatively accurate map of the primary visual cortex; the map was based on his correlational observations of visual field defects following penetrating injuries to the occipital cortex during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904.
▲ Japanese ophthalmologist Tatsuji Inouye created the first relatively accurate map of the primary visual cortex.
▲ Die Sehstoerungen bei Schussverletzungen der kortikalen Sehsphaere, von Dr. Tatsuji Inouye aus Tokyo, 1909.
Wreck of Russian Armored Cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi Discovered
Russian 'treasure ship' that sank 113 years ago found off South Korean island [PHOTOS]
July 19, 2018 09:53
A Russian battleship that sank 113 years ago in waters off South Korea's Ulleung Island ― allegedly carrying tons of gold coins and bars ― has been located.
The rusty hull of the Dmitri Donskoii was found on the seabed a kilometer from the island's Jeodong-ri and 434 meters underwater, said Shinil Group, a South Korean company which has endeavored to find the ship for years.
"We found the body of the Dmitrii Donskoi 434 meters deep in seas 1.3 kilometers off Ulleung Island at around 9:50 a.m., Sunday," Shinil Group said.
The vessel's shape and details were "confirmed to be identical with the Dmitri Donskoii," the company said. It inspected the wreckage with two manned submarines on Saturday.
At the time of discovery, the bow of the ship was 430 meters deep, with its stern heading toward the surface 380 meters deep.
"The body of the ship was severely damaged by shelling, with its stern almost broken, and yet the ship's deck and sides are well preserved," the company said.
The Russian military reportedly used the battleship during the Russia-Japan war in the early 1900s. It sank in 1905.
Rumors have it that the ship went down with 5,500 boxes of gold coins and bars that would now be worth 150 trillion won ($133.4 billion). It's unknown if the precious metal is in the wreckage.
"We are working to lift the wreckage," a Shinil official said. "We will also take a step to clear legal issues with respect to ownership of the wreckage."
▲ Russian ship 'Dmitri Donskoii' discovered in waters off Korea's Ulleung-do Island after 113 years. Published on Jul 17, 2018
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/07/281_252402.html
'Treasure ship' claim raises eyebrows in South Korea
July 19, 2018
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean company’s claims that it has discovered the wreck of a Russian warship containing $130 billion in gold “treasure” off South Korea has been met with scepticism from researchers and regulators in Seoul.
Shinil Group, which was established last month, said on Tuesday it had discovered the wreck of the Dmitrii Donskoi, a Russian armored cruiser built in the 1880s and sunk in 1905 after battling Japanese warships.
The company said the ship held 150 trillion won ($130 billion) in gold and it would provide evidence next week to support its claim. It was the “only entity in the world” to have discovered the ship, it said in a statement.
The release was accompanied by photos and video of a wreck, including a section that appeared to show the ship’s name. It said the search team included experts from Britain, Canada and South Korea.
“We believe there are gold boxes, and it’s historically proven,” company spokesman Park Sung-jin told Reuters. “The boxes were very tightly lashed, indicating there are really precious stuff inside.”
The announcement though was disputed by the government-run Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), which told South Korean media that it discovered the wreck in 2003.
The institute did not respond to a request for comment, but its website showed photos dated from 2007 of what it said was the wreck, along with maps of its general location.
A South Korean construction company has also laid claim to being the first to discover the Russian warship, South Korean media said.
Some academics have cast doubt on past reports that the ship is laden with treasure. South Korean financial regulators also cautioned against investing in treasure hunting ventures.
Shinil Group’s Park said KIOST’s claim to have found the wreck was “fraudulent” and that the existence of gold is backed up by historical records.
He said the company will unveil details about what it has found in the boxes at a press conference next week, and it plans to contract a Chinese salvage company to recover the wreck.
Adding further confusion, Park said a website under Shinil Group’s name and including its contact information was not affiliated with the group.
The website described a newly launched “Donskoi International” crypto currency exchange as linked to the find. The website said it would “share profits” from the Russian wreck with the public by handing out its virtual currency to anyone who signed up to use the exchange. It promised additional coins to those who helped sign up others.
Park said Shinil Group’s intention was to donate 10 percent of the treasure to South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s job creation efforts, as well as to inter-Korean development projects with North Korea.
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Services on Wednesday warned against “overheated” investment.
“Investors need to be cautious as it’s possible they could suffer massive losses if they bank on rumors without concrete facts regarding the recovery of a treasure ship,” the regulator said in a statement.
A spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said ownership of a wreck would be determined after consultation by a number of agencies, including the coast guard and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and would require a monetary deposit by the company.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had not discussed the issue with Moscow.
Yevgeny Zhuravlev, head of Vladivostok’s military history museum on the Pacific Fleet, said under international maritime law the cruiser belongs to Russia.
“A war vessel is the territory of the state whose flag it bears regardless of the waters it is in. This status does not change even after it sinks. Any works on board the newly discovered Dmitry Donskoy should be agreed with the Russian side,” he said.
He expressed scepticism that there was a large batch of gold on board, saying there would have been no point in risking transporting valuable cargo by sea with war with Japan looming on the horizon.
“It was obvious war with the Japanese fleet was inevitable. If it was necessary to deliver a batch of gold to Vladivostok, then it was much safer to do it by land.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-raises-eyebrows-in-south-korea-idUSKBN1K91OM
May 27, 2016
On May 27, 1905, the Battle of Tsushima known as the “Sea of Japan Naval Battle” took place and was the major battle between Russia and Japan during the Russo-Japanese War (1904 – 1905).
This was naval history's only significant sea battle fought by modern steel battleship fleets, the first naval battle, in which wireless telegraphy (radio) played a critically important role, it has been characterized as the "dying echo of the old era – for the last time in the history of naval warfare ships of the line of a beaten fleet surrendered on the high seas."
The battle was localized in the Tsushima Strait between Korea and southern Japan. In this battle the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo Heihachiro destroyed two-thirds of the Russian fleet, under Admiral Zinovy Rozhestvensky, which had traveled over 18,000 nautical miles (33,000 km) to reach the Far East.
"The battle of Tsu-shima is by far the greatest and the most important naval event since Trafalgar", Sir George Sydenham Clarke, a British Army officer and colonial administrator, wrote in London in 1906.
Both sides participating in the battle, had early wireless telegraphy, the Russians were using German sets; however, they had difficulties in using and maintain them. The Japanese, on the other hand, used their own equipment and it was their advantage.
Several decades later, historian Edmund Morris agreed with this opinion. The destruction of the Russian navy caused a bitter reaction from the Russian public, which induced a peace treaty in September 1905 without any further battles.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ink4S1adrhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ink4S1adrhw
https://defence.pk/pdf/attachments/...1/?temp_hash=3ac517710d44db4c03b86e10b3e0c092
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ink4S1adrhw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ink4S1adrhw
Milestone: Pre-WWI Nipponese neuroscience research
Japanese ophthalmologist Tatsuji Inouye who created the first relatively accurate map of the primary visual cortex; the map was based on his correlational observations of visual field defects following penetrating injuries to the occipital cortex during the Russo-Japanese war of 1904.
Mapping the Visual Cortex
The first steps in the mapping of the visual cortex came about through the tragic circumstances of war. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, many Japanese soldiers sustained bullet wounds that penetrated through the posterior part of their brains. Because of the higher muzzle velocity and the smaller bullet size of rifles developed in the late nineteenth century, these weapons tended to produce more localized brain injuries than were inflicted in earlier wars, and improved care of the wounded also resulted in higher rates of survival. Many of the wounded soldiers were partially blinded by these injuries, and Tatsuji Inouye, an ophthalmologist, was asked by the Japanese government to evaluate the extent of their blindness as a means to determine their pension benefits. Inouye found that the parts of the visual field in which these soldiers were blind corresponded to the locations of their brain injuries as determined by the sites of the bullet's entry and exit through the head.
By combining the visual field deficits from different soldiers he was able to deduce the topographic organization of the primary visual cortex. Inouye's map revealed that much more cortex was devoted to the representation of the central part of the retina than to the periphery. This is the portion of the retina with the highest acuity, and it is our most important means for probing our environment for information, and the part you are using to read this book. Inouye's map of the primary visual cortex has been confirmed by modern brain-imaging techniques.
http://www.sciencecore.columbia.edu/demo/web/resources/readings/cortex.pdf
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...bOvwz5RIxm_bw5Yk3I0JyQ&bvm=bv.119745492,d.bGg
The first steps in the mapping of the visual cortex came about through the tragic circumstances of war. In the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, many Japanese soldiers sustained bullet wounds that penetrated through the posterior part of their brains. Because of the higher muzzle velocity and the smaller bullet size of rifles developed in the late nineteenth century, these weapons tended to produce more localized brain injuries than were inflicted in earlier wars, and improved care of the wounded also resulted in higher rates of survival. Many of the wounded soldiers were partially blinded by these injuries, and Tatsuji Inouye, an ophthalmologist, was asked by the Japanese government to evaluate the extent of their blindness as a means to determine their pension benefits. Inouye found that the parts of the visual field in which these soldiers were blind corresponded to the locations of their brain injuries as determined by the sites of the bullet's entry and exit through the head.
By combining the visual field deficits from different soldiers he was able to deduce the topographic organization of the primary visual cortex. Inouye's map revealed that much more cortex was devoted to the representation of the central part of the retina than to the periphery. This is the portion of the retina with the highest acuity, and it is our most important means for probing our environment for information, and the part you are using to read this book. Inouye's map of the primary visual cortex has been confirmed by modern brain-imaging techniques.
http://www.sciencecore.columbia.edu/demo/web/resources/readings/cortex.pdf
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...bOvwz5RIxm_bw5Yk3I0JyQ&bvm=bv.119745492,d.bGg
Wreck of Russian Armored Cruiser Dmitrii Donskoi Discovered
Russian 'treasure ship' that sank 113 years ago found off South Korean island [PHOTOS]
July 19, 2018 09:53
A Russian battleship that sank 113 years ago in waters off South Korea's Ulleung Island ― allegedly carrying tons of gold coins and bars ― has been located.
The rusty hull of the Dmitri Donskoii was found on the seabed a kilometer from the island's Jeodong-ri and 434 meters underwater, said Shinil Group, a South Korean company which has endeavored to find the ship for years.
"We found the body of the Dmitrii Donskoi 434 meters deep in seas 1.3 kilometers off Ulleung Island at around 9:50 a.m., Sunday," Shinil Group said.
The vessel's shape and details were "confirmed to be identical with the Dmitri Donskoii," the company said. It inspected the wreckage with two manned submarines on Saturday.
At the time of discovery, the bow of the ship was 430 meters deep, with its stern heading toward the surface 380 meters deep.
"The body of the ship was severely damaged by shelling, with its stern almost broken, and yet the ship's deck and sides are well preserved," the company said.
The Russian military reportedly used the battleship during the Russia-Japan war in the early 1900s. It sank in 1905.
Rumors have it that the ship went down with 5,500 boxes of gold coins and bars that would now be worth 150 trillion won ($133.4 billion). It's unknown if the precious metal is in the wreckage.
"We are working to lift the wreckage," a Shinil official said. "We will also take a step to clear legal issues with respect to ownership of the wreckage."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsXIlGyicQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JsXIlGyicQ
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/07/281_252402.html
'Treasure ship' claim raises eyebrows in South Korea
July 19, 2018
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean company’s claims that it has discovered the wreck of a Russian warship containing $130 billion in gold “treasure” off South Korea has been met with scepticism from researchers and regulators in Seoul.
Shinil Group, which was established last month, said on Tuesday it had discovered the wreck of the Dmitrii Donskoi, a Russian armored cruiser built in the 1880s and sunk in 1905 after battling Japanese warships.
The company said the ship held 150 trillion won ($130 billion) in gold and it would provide evidence next week to support its claim. It was the “only entity in the world” to have discovered the ship, it said in a statement.
The release was accompanied by photos and video of a wreck, including a section that appeared to show the ship’s name. It said the search team included experts from Britain, Canada and South Korea.
“We believe there are gold boxes, and it’s historically proven,” company spokesman Park Sung-jin told Reuters. “The boxes were very tightly lashed, indicating there are really precious stuff inside.”
The announcement though was disputed by the government-run Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), which told South Korean media that it discovered the wreck in 2003.
The institute did not respond to a request for comment, but its website showed photos dated from 2007 of what it said was the wreck, along with maps of its general location.
A South Korean construction company has also laid claim to being the first to discover the Russian warship, South Korean media said.
Some academics have cast doubt on past reports that the ship is laden with treasure. South Korean financial regulators also cautioned against investing in treasure hunting ventures.
Shinil Group’s Park said KIOST’s claim to have found the wreck was “fraudulent” and that the existence of gold is backed up by historical records.
He said the company will unveil details about what it has found in the boxes at a press conference next week, and it plans to contract a Chinese salvage company to recover the wreck.
Adding further confusion, Park said a website under Shinil Group’s name and including its contact information was not affiliated with the group.
The website described a newly launched “Donskoi International” crypto currency exchange as linked to the find. The website said it would “share profits” from the Russian wreck with the public by handing out its virtual currency to anyone who signed up to use the exchange. It promised additional coins to those who helped sign up others.
Park said Shinil Group’s intention was to donate 10 percent of the treasure to South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s job creation efforts, as well as to inter-Korean development projects with North Korea.
South Korea’s Financial Supervisory Services on Wednesday warned against “overheated” investment.
“Investors need to be cautious as it’s possible they could suffer massive losses if they bank on rumors without concrete facts regarding the recovery of a treasure ship,” the regulator said in a statement.
A spokesperson for South Korea’s Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said ownership of a wreck would be determined after consultation by a number of agencies, including the coast guard and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and would require a monetary deposit by the company.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had not discussed the issue with Moscow.
Yevgeny Zhuravlev, head of Vladivostok’s military history museum on the Pacific Fleet, said under international maritime law the cruiser belongs to Russia.
“A war vessel is the territory of the state whose flag it bears regardless of the waters it is in. This status does not change even after it sinks. Any works on board the newly discovered Dmitry Donskoy should be agreed with the Russian side,” he said.
He expressed scepticism that there was a large batch of gold on board, saying there would have been no point in risking transporting valuable cargo by sea with war with Japan looming on the horizon.
“It was obvious war with the Japanese fleet was inevitable. If it was necessary to deliver a batch of gold to Vladivostok, then it was much safer to do it by land.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-raises-eyebrows-in-south-korea-idUSKBN1K91OM
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