Foreign relations 1918-1924 Flashcards
1
Q
What was the Comintern?
A
an international communist organisation that advocated world communism. (1919)
eg attempted revolution in germany 1919
2
Q
Had lenin achieved his foreign policy aims by 1924?
A
- Lenin was pragmatic in his approach towards improving foreign relations only after it became clear there would be no worldwide revolution - so did not achieve all of is aims
yes
- fullfilled decree on peace with brest-litovsk
- established the comintern
- 1921 anglo-soviet agreement
- 1922 treaty of rapallo
no
- comintern lacked sucess
- failure of russo-polish war
- 1924 zinoviev letter soured relationship with GB
3
Q
1921 anglo-soviet agreement
A
enabled greater trade and commerce between the two countries also agreed to not interfere with one another’s internal politics
4
Q
1922 treaty of rapallo
A
- after being excluded from the league of nations and treaty of versailles was an important step in promoting international trade and improving the soviet economy .
- also had a number of secret clauses where germany could train troops in soviet territory
5
Q
impact of russo-polish war
A
- was seen as an important bridge to revolution in Germany but only resulted in the red army being pushed out of Poland .
- resulted in Lenin realising that there would be no worldwide revolution and that’s when he became more focused on Russia itself - realising that he would have to cooperate and work with the foreign capitalists.