CHAPTER 8-FOREIGN RELATIONS Flashcards
Which country provided the largest intervention forces at Vladivostok and North Russia?
US troops
How many troops did the US send to Vladivostok and North Russia?
Vladivostok- 11,000
North Russia- 4500
When did President Wilson pull American troops out of North Russia through being unconvinced of their purpose?
June 1919
What year did US troops in Vladivostok remain until?
1920
From 1918-1920 what was the extent of area in Russia where foreign intervention were stationed?
From the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea
What was the motive behind foreign intervention in 1918?
to keep Russia fighting in the First World War
Why did foreign interventionists want Russia to keep fighting in WW1?
In order to delay the mass transfer of German forces from the Eastern Front to the West
What was a lesser motive of western countries to keep Russia fighting in WW1?
to protect the vast dumps of armaments and war materials that had been shipped to Russia by the Allies
What were the 4 main areas of intervention in Russia?
- North Russia
- Far East
- Southern Russia, Ukraine, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea
- Central Siberia
Where did British troops patrol in North Russia?
in the Baltic Sea
Where were Australian, Canadian and Italian forces stationed in North Russia?
Archangel’sk
How many Estonian troops were in the War of Independence in North Russia?
11,000
Which troops patrolled in the Baltic Sea?
British troops
Which 3 forces were stationed in Archangel’sk in North Russia?
- Australian
- Canadian
- Italian
Which area of Russia did 11,000 American troops at Vladivostok occupy?
the Far East
In the Far East how many British and Chinese forces were there?
- British-=small force
- Chinese=2000 troops
Which forces occupied Southern Russia?
British and French forces
Who occupied sections of the Trans-Siberian railway in Central Siberia?
Czech Legion
When was the arrival of Japanese warship at Vladivostok?
January 1918
When were the first British forces sent to Murmansk after the Treaty of Brest-Litvosk?
March 1918
Other than British forces being stationed at Murmansk in March 1918, what also happened?
the beginning of naval blockade of trade and shipping going to Soviet Russia
What played a factor in bringing British forces out of Russia in 1919-1920?
a domestic “Hands off Russia” movement by socialists
When was the arrival of German forces in Latvia?
February 1919
In February 1919 where was the arrival of German forces?
Latvia
When was the evacuation of US troops from Archangel’sk?
June 1919
Which foreign intervention troops made a naval assault on a Soviet battle fleet at Petrograd in August 1919?
British force
When were polish armies in the Ukraine defeated by the Red Army ?
June 1920
When was the trade agreement between Russia and Britain which recognised the Bolshevik state?
November 1920
What was a problem for Allied governments during the Civil War in Russia?
they had little accurate or up to date knowledge of what was happening
Who did Allied governments rely on due to having little knowledge of what was happening in Russia?
a handful of individuals (spies) who sent snippets of information
What were a disadvantage of using foreign ‘spies’ in Russia?
reports were sometimes misleading encouraging a degree of wishful thinking
Who are examples of spies that could provide bias information of activities in Russia ? (2)
Arthur Ransome, fell in love with Trotsky’s secretary Yevgenia
Sidney Reilly who was strongly anti-Bolshevik
Who did President Wilson send to Russia in March 1919 to discuss peace ?
Bullitt
In return for a ceasefire and end to the blockade, What was Lenin prepared to do?
Lenin was prepared to tolerate the continuation of temporary governments in parts of Russia
Why did Bullitts peace deal with Lenin lapse?
Britain and France and Wilson were hostile to Bullitt’s deal.
Where was a serious offence that Japan launched in Siberia?
on Khabarovsk
How many battle deaths were there in the Russian Civil War in Russia and Japan?
Russia-500,000
Japan-1550
Which was the foreign intervention with the most battle deaths during the civil war with 1550 deaths?
Japan
