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Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000

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Japan

Map of Japan in 1840
1840
TOKUGAWA JAPAN BEFORE THE OPIUM WAR
Map of Japan in August 1842
August 1842
NANKING: FIVE CHINESE PORTS OPENED
Map of Japan in March 1854
March 1854
PERRY’S TREATY OPENS TWO PORTS
Map of Japan in July 1859
July 1859
PORTS OPEN; RUSSIA TAKES THE AMUR
Map of Japan in September 1864
September 1864
CHŌSHŪ AT WAR; RUSSIA ON THE USSURI
Map of Japan in June 1868
June 1868
THE BOSHIN WAR: THE NORTH IN ARMS
Map of Japan in August 1869
August 1869
THE LORDS SURRENDER THEIR REGISTERS
Map of Japan in August 1871
August 1871
THE DOMAINS ABOLISHED
Map of Japan in April 1877
April 1877
THE SATSUMA REBELLION
Map of Japan in February 1889
February 1889
THE CONSTITUTION; RYUKYU ANNEXED
Map of Japan in November 1895
November 1895
TAIWAN TAKEN; LIAODONG HANDED BACK
Map of Japan in July 1898
July 1898
PORT ARTHUR LEASED TO RUSSIA
Map of Japan in November 1905
November 1905
KOREA MADE A PROTECTORATE
Map of Japan in August 1910
August 1910
KOREA ANNEXED

The Soviet Union

Map of the Soviet Union in October 1964
October 1964
BREZHNEV REPLACES KHRUSHCHEV
Map of the Soviet Union in January 1980
January 1980
AFGHANISTAN INVADED
Map of the Soviet Union in February 1988
February 1988
KARABAKH VOTES TO SECEDE
Map of the Soviet Union in December 1989
December 1989
THE BLOC FALLS; THE BALTIC WAY
Map of the Soviet Union in October 1990
October 1990
THE PARADE OF SOVEREIGNTIES
Map of Russia and the former Soviet Union in December 1991
December 1991
THE SOVIET UNION DISSOLVED
Map of Russia and the former Soviet Union in October 1993
October 1993
THE WHITE HOUSE SHELLED
Map of Russia and the former Soviet Union in December 1994
December 1994
CHECHNYA INVADED
Map of Russia and the former Soviet Union in August 1996
August 1996
KHASAVYURT; YELTSIN RE-ELECTED
Map of Russia and the former Soviet Union in February 2000
February 2000
GROZNY FALLS; PUTIN TAKES POWER

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