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Early in the twentieth century, Russia became the first European nation to lose a war to an Asian one. What nation defeated them?

China
Japan
Korea
India

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Japan

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The correct answer is Japan

The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and Korea.
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