Lenin's Foreign Policy Flashcards
Ally Relations
TofBL meant A’s felt betrayed = complicated hostile rela - not invited to Paris Peace Con / LofN’s
involv w/ anti Bol forces in CW - 1921 Bol had survived - not expected wanted rev didn’t happen so need to work on relas
Lenin’s Aims
pre 1917 - security, strong mili expand influ & control surround, want maj power status, access to warm water port
post 1917 - spread com, end ww1 sup Nat lib movement
Foreign Interventions
1918-20 for troops help whites in N Brit forces attack Murmansk & navy blockade trade, far E = 11k US troops, J troops invade Siberia, Baku = Brit occup
Reasons for Foreign Intervention
to keep R in WW1 & delay Ger troops moving W
to protect arms, after armistice want to sup anti-Bols = confused aims X want full war & lack coord
Brit TUs sup Bols FR & US public opinion = divided
Impact of Foreign Intervention
didnt sig effect CW = too small
maj intervention e.g., J invasion of Siberia didnt threaten Bol control but helped W’s at start - Bols could claim faced maj attack
Comitern
internat org = m than 50 delegates
1st founding con = march 1919 - Mos Z = chairman
2nd = July - Aug 1920 L’s 21 conditions
3rd June-July 1921 after Bols not focused
Russo Polish War
L expected Rev in P when didnt happen plans = undermined = attacked by non-R & W’s in CW P indepen by Nov 1918
new borders = contested 1st conflicts = Feb 1919
May 1920 P’s ally w/ Ukraine to take Kiev = pushed back to Warsaw - Oct T of Riga 1921
Rapallo Treaty
once rev not spread = trade talks - Brit 1920
both Bols & Ger X in LofN’s 1922 Chicherin = invoted to internat econ conference - talks w/ Ger led to T of R April 1922
agreed waive claims of compen former diplos = reopened secret Ger mili training
Zinoviev Letter
1923 Lab gov = op in Brit letter pub 1924 = forgery by RW to undermine elec position - called for trade deals and rev = small impact but damaged relas
How successful was Lenin?
WW1 - T allowed consol of power - sif terri losses = weak
inc com - comitern = NB step - ger ste backs
CW - RA = successful
recog - internat rego despite initial iso
econ coop - NEP 1921 some recovery
failure for further rev - econ iso hostility & terri losses
Lenin’s Rule 1924
oct rev = succ seizure of power - upset many inc other socs
1 P Rule - enabled L’s own will to inc bureac & repress op
TofBL - close to consol rule - terri losses caused CW - ally rela
War Com - helped RA win CW famine, deaths & econ collpase
NEP - helped stabalise and dec food shortage
