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>>13231557
The Imperial Russian Military was certainly racked by incompetence not helped by a split command in the far east and the death of it's best admiral.
But the Japanese army was reaching the end of its tether on the mainland while the Russians were receiving massive reinforcement from Europe via the Trans Siberian Railway.
If the Second Pacific Squadron had been able to avoid battle with Togo and make it to Vladivostok the war on land might have been prolonged and the Russians might have seen a turn around based upon their numbers. Despite the fact they had been defeated multiple times, it was never a crushing one.
Ironically I think the victory at Tsushima (>>13231539
), as total as it was, so implanted itself in the minds of the Imperial Navy that they remained forever obsessed with the idea of 'decisive victory' to point where it seriously affected them in the Pacific War.