Chapter 8 - Foreign Relations

US troops sent to russia

15,000

US troop deaths

275

Japan sent ____ soldiers to Russia, in an aim to seize territory to expand its empire. It was the only foreign army to fight serious battles with ____ deaths

• 70,000

• 1,550

Who was a pro-bolshevik British Spy?

Arthur Ransome

Who was an anti-bolshevik British spy?

Sidney Reilly

In ___ ____, Lenin agreed to a potential Peace deal with the allies.

March 1919

When did the UK give De Facto recognition of Bolshevik state?

Nov 1920 Trade deal

First Comintern had __ delegates from across the world

50

When was the Spartacist Rising?

Dec 1917- Jan 1918

2nd Comintern took place from ___ - ____ (___) against a backdrop of assured victory in the civil war.

July - Aug 1920

The Miracle on the Vistula was in ___ ____, during the ___ Comintern

• Aug 1920

• second

What treaty in ___ ___ ended the Russo-Polish war>

• March 1921

• Treaty of Riga

Russia excuded from LoN in ____, and could only join in ___, meaning it was excluded from the the Paris Peace Conference and determining the Treaty of Versailles.

• 1919

• 1934

When was the Treaty of Rapallo?

April 1922

ToR Article 1 + 2

waived compensation claims from Ww1

Re-opened diplomatic relations with Germany

ToR Article 3

ToR Article 4+ 5

mutual economic and commercial goodwill

The Zinoviev Letter interfered with the ___ election, which was written by anti-bolshevik spy ___ _____, however resulted in a ____ landslide victory.

• 1924

• Sidney Reilley

• Labour

In ____, the USA sent $_ million of famine relief to Russia in an aid to undermine the soviet government

• 1921

• 2

When did the US officially recognise the USSR?

1933

Despite a lack of official gov recognition, ____ invested heavily in the USSR, showing the importance of Trade despite failures of diplomacy

Ford

In ___, the Soviet Foreign Sec, ____, was invited to the World Economic Conference in Genoa

• 1927

• Chicherin

When did the UK pause diplomatic relations with Russia due to the Red Scare?

1927

Who was chair of the early cominterns?

Zinoviev

When did the USSR drop the Comintern’s commitment to overthrow bourgeoise states because it interfered with international trade?

1921

______ was appointed as Foreign Sec, despite his noble background.

Chicherin