Chapter 12 - Government, propaganda and foreign relations

Cult of Lenin Cult of Stalin Terror

1922 Treaty of Rapallo

• Normalised diplomatic relations

• renounced financial or territorial claims

By 1932, __% of Russian imports came from Germany, showing the great success in increasing trade.

47%

The Treaty of Berlin was seen as a counterbalance to the western _____ ____ (___) and delivered greater stability to Eastern Europe.

Lorcano Pact 1925

The Treaty of Berlin (___) was originally only for __ years, but was extended in ____

• 1926

• 5

• 1931

What ensured that the USSR and Germany would not economically boycott each other?

• Article 3

• Treaty of Berlin

what pledged neutrality between Russia and Germany incase of an attack on the other?

Article 2 of Treaty of Berlin

In ____ (___), Russia received a substantial loan from the German State Bank as part of the ToBerlin.

June 1926

Litvinov announced policy of complete disarmament in ___ _____, a turning point from war scare

Dec 1927

The USSR signed the ____ ____ in (___) joining __ mainly-western signatories in pledging to avoid war in future disputes.

• Kellog Pact

• 1929

• 15

How many nations signed the Litvinov Protocol (1929)?

5

• promised not to resort to war

• established friendly relations

• signed by most of Russia’s neighbours (eg. Poland, Baltics, Persia, Turkey)

1929 Litvinoff Protocol

Under the German Trade Agreement (___), Russia provided ___ million Reichsmarks of raw materials to Germany in exchange for ___ million reichmarks of credit and ___ million reichsmarks of industrial goods.

• 1928

• 180

• 200

• 120

Who did Stalin back in the Chinese civil war?

GMD

Although by ___, the USSR was consulted on some decisions, it wasn’t admitted until ____

• 1927

• 1934

The USSR wasn’t recognised by the USA until ___

1933

When did Russia receive its first international recognition?

1921 Ango-Russian trade agreement

In 1930, Chicherin attacked the comintern as the foreign ministry’s “_____ ___ ___”

number one enemy

How did Lenin describe the LoN when it was formed in (___)?

• robbers’ den

• 1920

Russian trade with the UK was expanded in ___, when the ____-_____ ____ ____ and _____ _____ gave legal recognition, and allowed the USSR to establish a ‘trade mission’ in Br

• 1924

• Anglo-Soviet General Treaty and Commercial Agreement

In ___ ___, Stalin published an article where he proclaimed the doctrine of Socialism in One Country for the first time.

Dec 1924

Soc in 1 country was also portrayed as an ideological effort to neutralise the ‘______’

imperialists.

When the USSR tried to donate £_____ to British unions during the general Strike (___), they rejected the money, not wanting to appear in the pay of the bolsheviks.

• £26,000

• 1926

At its peak in ____, the British Communist party only reached ____ members

• 1926

• 10,000

In (___) Ford invested in automobile plants in Moscow.

1929