Today we did a little investigation into the foreign policy of the USSR to determine how foreign policy helped in the maintenance of power of the Bolsheviks/Communists. For each bullet point: Provide a brief description of the foreign policy event, agreement, etc. and assess which of the four goals of foreign policy the USSR had: collective security, trade/economic build up, military strength/securing USSR strength, support International Revolution |
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- 1918 - Bolsheviks take power, Chicherin Commisar Foreign Affairs
- March 1918 - Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
- 1919 - Comintern Formed
- 1921- Anglo-Soviet Trade Agreement
- 1922 - Rapallo Treaty
- 1923 - Curzon's Ultimatum
- 1926 - Treaty of Berlin
- 1930 - Litvinov Commissar of Foreign Affairs
- 1932 - non-aggression pacts Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Poland, France
- 1933 - US establishes diplomatic relations with USSR
- 1934 - Soviets join League of Nations
- 1934 - Spanish Civil War
- 1936 - Anti-Comintern Pact - Germany/Japan (Italy in 1937)
- 1937 - POUM and Soviet camps spar in Spain
- 1938 - Munich Conference - Germany annexation of Sudentenland
- 1939 - Molotov Foreign
- August 1939 - Molotov-Ribbentrop (Nazi-Soviet) Pact neutrality agreement
- Sept. 1 1939 - Germany Invades Poland, sparking WWII
- Sept. 17 1939 - Soviets invade Poland; ends non-aggression pact with Nazis.
- 1939-1940 - Winter War Finland, annexation of Finish territory for USSR
- June 1941 - Operation Barbarossa - German invasion of USSR
- Oct 1941 - Jan 1942 - Battle of Moscow
- 1942-1943 - Siege of Stalingrad
- 1941-1945 - The Grand Alliance (USSR, US, UK and post-war decisions)
- 1943 - Tehran Conference
- Feb. 1945 - Yalta Conference
- July 1945 - Potsdam Conference
- 1949 - NATO formed
- 1949 - People's Republic of China formed
- 1950 - 1954 - Korean War (Stalin dies in 1953)