Foreign relation and the attitudes of foreign policy

Question 1

Who felt betrayed by the Brest-Litovsk - March 1918

Answer 1

Britain and France

Question 2

What two groups had Russia been left out of?

Answer 2

Paris Peace Conference.
League of Nations

Question 3

What did Churchill say he’d do to Bolshevism following the Revolution in 1917?

Answer 3

“strangle Bolshevism in its cradle”

Question 4

What ended Russia’s diplomatic isolation?

Answer 4

the Treaty of Rapallo

Question 5

How did the British forces attack Russia during the Civil war?

Answer 5

Blockaded trade through Baltic sea,
attacked Murmansk

Question 6

How many US troops landed at Vladivostok?

Answer 6

11,000

Question 7

Why did Britain, France and USA initially want to help the whites?

Answer 7

to keep them in the war and stop Germany moving troops to western front

Question 8

When did the motive for foreign intervention change?

Answer 8

November 1918 - after ww1, ending Bolshevism

Question 9

What was the impact of foreign intervention?

Answer 9

too small-scale to have impact,
However Japanese invasion of eastern siveria - didn’t threaten Bolsheviks though,What

Question 10

What did the Bolsheviks claim about Foreign powers?

Answer 10

they had faced them and wonHow

Question 11

How did the west respond to losing the Civil War.

Answer 11

continued isolation of Russia, except for Britain in Nov 1920

Question 12

What was the Comintern?

Answer 12

an international communist organisation to spread Marxism and revolution

Question 13

When was the founding Congress of the Comintern?

Answer 13

march 1919

Question 14

What key issues were raised at the first Comintern meeting?

Answer 14

Lenin promoted soviet system as best way of spreading Marxism

Question 15

What key issues were raised at the second Comintern meeting?

Answer 15

Lenin’s 21 conditions; requirements to become a member of Comintern

Question 16

What was the reaction to Lenin’s 21 Conditions at the scond Comintern progress, July-August 1920?

Answer 16

Mixed - some broke away, however Bolshevik victory looked certain

Question 17

When was the Third Comintern Progress?

Answer 17

June-July 1921

Question 18

What was the key issue of the third comintern congress?

Answer 18

the Recovery of the bourgeoisie in Poland and Germany

Question 19

What were the reactions to the third comintern meeting?

Answer 19

dissapointed - Weimar Republic was ‘bourgeois-democratic’ - Russia left alone

Question 20

When were the first conflicts between Polish and Bolshevik forces?

Answer 20

1919

Question 21

Who did the Poles ally with in May 1920?

Answer 21

Ukrainians - to take Kiev

Question 22

When was the Treaty of Riga?

Answer 22

March 1921

Question 23

What was the Rapallo treaty?

Answer 23

Russia and German trade

Question 24

When was the Rapallo Treaty - what did it promote?

Answer 24

April 1922 - ‘Mutual Goodwill’ in commercial and economic relations

Question 25

When was the Zinoviev letter published?

Answer 25

Oct 1924

Question 26

What did it claim to be?

Answer 26

a letter from Zinoviev aimed at Labour government to raise a revolution in Britain

Question 27

What was the impact of the Zinoviev letter?

Answer 27

small impact on the election, however damaged Russia and Britains relations

Question 28

What were the positives and negatives about the October/November REvolution?

Answer 28

Lenin masterminded power,
However, power grab upset many

Question 29

What were the positives and negatives about the single-party rule

Answer 29

Lenin could enforce his will, strong leadership,
however rapidly increasing bureaucracy, ruthless repression

Question 30

What were the positives and negatives about the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk?

Answer 30

Breathing space to consolidate power.
However enormous territorial losses for Russia - triggered Civil war

Question 31

What were the positives and negatives about War Communism

Answer 31

sacrificed everything - helped Red Army win war
However created wide famine - caused collapse in economy

Question 32

What were the positives and negatives about the NEP

Answer 32

helped stabilise economy and reduce food shortages,
However seen as a backwards step

Question 33

When did Lenin die?

Answer 33

January 1924