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Summary What was the position of the USSR in world affairs by 1923 and why?
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What was the position of the USSR in world affairs by 1923 and why?Britain tried to establish the Curzon
Line between Poland and Russia,
which was initially rejected by the
Bolsheviks. Britain and France were
Lenin realised the need reluctant to send troops and
for pragmatism which was considered blockading Russian ports
exemplified by the New (shows that Russia is controllable).
Economic Policy (NEP) - On 2nd August peace settlement
deeply unpopular with left was made which allowed Poland
Marxists (appeared to more territory than the Curzon Line.
However Poland rejected one of the 16 March the Treaty of
them as Capitalist as Riga concluded the
people were allowed to clauses stipulating the creation of the
people’s militia so the war continued. Polish-Soviet War
trade abroad and have restoring both countries
Tsar Nicholas abdicates- their own businesses). Russia became a strange original borders. In the
Allies pleased with a new Russia could not survive contradiction of communist USSR was
same month they signed a
government that was not without diplomatic ideology and spurning of accepted into the
trade agreement with
autocratic relations with the rest of capitalist and imperialist international
Britain
March the world. powers community
1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922
Bolsheviks seize power British, American, French, Japanese, Czech and Polish forces came to the aid of the White Army and launched several
attacks. The ‘Red Terror’ was the brutal treatment of suspected enemies of the Revolution- helped to cement the view Not invited into the League of
Communism appealed to many that the regime was tyrannical in the West. Allies feared that if the Bolsheviks were successful they would withdraw Nations
lower classes in USA and Britain; from the war. As soon as the Bolshevik
capitalists and middle/upper class
government was set up their
feared revolution. It would also
March 1919- Bolsheviks 13 August the Red Army invaded were counterrevolutions
threaten trade if other countries
established the Third Warsaw, which was squandered (White Army). It was not until
became Communist as they
International, the Comintern, to by a Polish counter-attack. 1922 when the
would be self-sufficient. Most
help coordinate communist counterrevolutions were
countries refused to formally
parties in other countries to defeated in Siberia and
recognise Bolshevik Russia and
begin a worldwide communist Bolsheviks gained complete
they were not invited to discuss
revolution control.
post-war settlement
Poland wanted to extend its Treaty of Rapallo was signed
borders East- war broke out by Germany and Russia in
between Russia and Poland. April- normal relations were
Polish troops invaded Galicia but established after the
Red Army pushed them back imbalance of power with the
after they reached Ukraine. The Treaty of Brest Litovsk. Both
Red Army almost reached agreed to give up financial
Warsaw in June 1920 claims against one another.
For the Allies this looked like
Germany could become
Communist and threaten their
relation with Germany later.
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