Baron Rosen was one of the members of the Russian delegation that negotiated the end of the Russo-Japanese War at the Portsmouth Peace Conference in 1905 mediated by Theodore Roosevelt

Baron Roman Romanovitch Rosen (February 24, 1847 — January 22, 1922) was a Russian diplomat. He served as the Russian ambassador to Japan and the United States during the Russo-Japanese War. Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 25,331 Killed 146,032 Wounded 47,387 Killed 173,425 Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The... Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... February 24 is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... January 22 is the 22nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Combatants Imperial Russia Empire of Japan Strength 500,000 Soldiers 400,000 Soldiers Casualties 25,331 Killed 146,032 Wounded 47,387 Killed 173,425 Wounded Greater Manchuria, Russian (outer) Manchuria is region to upper right in lighter Red; Liaodong Peninsula is the wedge extending into the Yellow Sea The...

Biography

The baron was from a long line of Russian nobles that included musicians and military leaders. One his ancestors, another Baron Rosen, won distinction in command of the Astrakhanskii Cuirassier Regiment at the Battle of Borodino on September 7, 1812 for which he was noted in the official battlefield report of Major General Borozdin to General Barclay de Tolly.^[1] Combatants First French Empire Russian Empire Commanders Napoleon Bonaparte Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov Strength 134,000 155,000 Casualties 30,000 45,000 {{{notes}}} The Battle of Borodino (Russian: Бородино) (September 7, 1812, or August 26 in the Julian calendar then used in Russia), also called the Battle of the Moskva, was... Knyaz Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, called by the Russians as Mikhail Bogdanovich Barklay de Tolly (Михаи́л Богда́нович Баркла́й-де-То́лли) (1761 - 1818), Russian field marshal, was born in Livonia, a descendant of a Scottish family which had settled in Russia in the 17th century. ...

A Washington Post article dated July 5, 1905 reported, "Baron Rosen is of Swedish ancestry, his forebears having followed Swedish King, Gustavus Adolphus in his invasion of Russia and settled there. He was charge d'affaires at Tokyo and later at Washington, and was acting stion in a judicial capacity as the mouthpiece of an International tribunal, that were regarded as discourteous to Japan.... As judicial minister, he reformed the judicial system of Siberia." Actually, the family was Bohemian and included one Marshal of France and one Austrian Field-Marshal. ... Gustav II Adolph Gustav II Adolph (December 9, 1594 - November 6, 1632) (also known as Gustav Adolph the Great, under the Latin name Gustavus Adolphus or the Swedish form Gustav II Adolf) was a King of Sweden. ... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Bohemia. ... The Marshal of France (maréchal de France) was one of the Great Officers of the Crown of France. ...

Full size seated portrait of Baron Rosen

Rosen, who served as the Russian ambassador in Tokyo in 1897-98 and 1902-04, had attempted to prevent the war. When Theodore Roosevelt attempted to mediate the hostilities, Rosen was Sergei Witte's deputy and travelled to the Portsmouth Peace Conference to negotiate a cessation of hostilities and a peace treaty. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. ... Sergei Iulevich Witte (Серге́й Ю́льевич Ви́тте) (June 29, 1849 – March 13, 1915), also known as Sergius Witte, served as Russian Director of Railway Affairs within the Finance Ministry from 1889 – 1891, Transportation Minister (1892), Finance Minister from 1892 to 1903, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers (1903 – 1905) and Chairman...

Rosen was a member of the State Council of Imperial Russia. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Rosen left Russia and wrote a series of articles about European diplomacy and politics for The Saturday Evening Post, including "Forty Years of a Diplomat's Life" published in 41 parts in 1919-1921.^[2] The State Council (Государственный Совет) was the supreme state advisory body to Tsar in Imperial Russia. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, which, after the elimination of the Russian autocracy system, and the Provisional Government (Duma), resulted in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. ... A cover of the Saturday Evening Post from 1903 The Saturday Evening Post was a weekly magazine published in the United States from August 4, 1821 to February 8, 1969. ...

Notes

1. ^ The report is available online
2. ^ A bibliography of Rosen's articles in The Saturday Evening Post is available online

External links

• ((Russian)) Roman Rosen vs. President Roosevelt