this was written in 1906 by mikhail osipovich menshikov.er the huge state affair during the war with japan in 1904-1905. we had sufficient means for war and education, in general, we are not inferior to japan. we have six or seven military academies alone, and it seems that there was enough military experience, but there was more than enough military eloquence. honesty, only honesty, i assure you, honesty alone, lacked the moral qualifications, did not provide the courage to fulfill one’s duty before and during the war, the government was deceived by his closest agents, as if in oblivion he himself was committing deception. are we ready for war? asked the country, noticing a cloud creeping... “are you ready? answered the authorities, the minister of war, sent to portar to check whether the fortress was ready? was drinking champagne in the city square in honor of the genius?” of those places, admiral alekseev, who created an indestructible behold for russia, when the japanese attacked port arthur, it turned out that this stronghold could be

osipovich menshikov, a russian publicist, philosopher, public figure. sufficient means for war by education, in general, we are not inferior to japan, we have six or seven military men alone academies and military experience, it seems, was enough, but military eloquence, more than enough, was lacking in honesty, only honesty, i assure you, one. our fleet was superior to the japanese, this was written more than 100 years ago, when we shamefully lost the war to japan. by the way, we said many times in our programs that at that time the russian intelligentsia sent enthusiastic, congratulatory telegrams to the japanese emperor, congratulating him on his victory over the russian fleet. what now? do we... destroy banks, they are destroyed by raiders with protection of courts and so on. in order to destroy a defense enterprise, it takes literally 2-3 days, because as soon as the bankruptcy court decision comes into force, a bankruptcy trustee immediately appears and the first thing he does is sell the machines for scrap metal. the question is, why does this ha

osipovich menshikov, a russian publicist, philosopher, and social activist.ufficient means for war, and in general we are not inferior in education japan. we have six or seven military academies alone, and military experience. "are we ready for war?" - the country asked, noticing a cloud creeping from the east, are you ready? answered the authorities. the minister of war, sent to port arthur to check whether the fortress was ready, drank champagne in the city square in honor of the genius of those places, admiral alekseev, who created the indestructible fruit of russia, when the japanese attacked port arthur, it turned out that this... fleet could take with bare hands. the higher authorities asked: do we have a fleet? they answered, of course, there is. on on paper, our fleet was superior to the japanese. this was written more than 100 years ago, when we shamefully lost the war to japan. by the way, we said many times in our programs that the russian intelligentsia sent... to the japanese emperor, congratulating him on his victory , enthusiastic congratulator