Foreign relations 1918-1924 Flashcards

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What was the Comintern?

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an international communist organisation that advocated world communism. (1919)
eg attempted revolution in germany 1919

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Had lenin achieved his foreign policy aims by 1924?

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  • 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

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1921 anglo-soviet agreement

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enabled greater trade and commerce between the two countries also agreed to not interfere with one another’s internal politics

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1922 treaty of rapallo

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  • 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
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impact of russo-polish war

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  • 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.
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