La-Perouse

A world in which the Japanese and Russian navies did not meet in the straits of Tsushima, cushioning the latter's downfall in the ensuing decade.
Oldgringo2001:
I don't see how avoiding the Battle of Tsushima would change the flow of Russian history much at that point in time. By the time the Second Far Eastern Fleet arrived, Japan had taken Port Arthur and Mukden, and the 1905 revolution was already underway.
The larger effect would have been on Japan. Japan's navy hadn't done remarkably well before Tsushima, losing two of its six battleships while Russia had lost only one to naval action. Japan's Army would finish the war with more of the glory, and perhaps Japan's navy would have had to reduce its ambitions to fit a reduced budget. Dubious experiments like aircraft carriers might have been delayed, and Yamamoto might have gone to Monte Carlo with all ten fingers to try his luck as a professional gambler.​​​​​
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