SOVIET FOREIGN POLICY Flashcards
When was Chicherin foreign commissar?
1918-30.
What did Chicherin favour?
Close relations with Germany. He brought about the Treaty of Rapallo.
When was Litvinov foreign commissar?
1930-39.
What policy did Litvinov identify with?
Favoured disarmament and signed the Kellogg Pact to outlaw war.
When was Molotov foreign commissar?
1939-49.
What did Molotov favour to do?
Improve relations with Germany - signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
In what period did the Comintern take a left turn?
1928-33.
How did actions of the Comintern between 1928-33, demonstrated it was more radical?
SPD attacked in Germany and propaganda stressed imminent fear of invasion.
What was the period of 1934-39 deemed as?
Collective security against fascism.
When did the Soviets join the League of Nations?
September 1934.
What did Litvinov propose in April 1939?
A triple military alliance between the USSR, Britain and France.
When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?
August 1939.
When did the Red Army enter Poland?
17th September 1939.
How many conditions were there for joining the Comintern? What were a couple of these?
21.
Including organisation under Leninist principles of centralisation and discipline.
What did Stalin change the focus of Comintern from and to?
From promoting world revolution to protecting the interests of the Soviet state.
