Chapter 8 Foreign relations and the attitudes of foreign powers

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What was established in the Third Communist International (Comintern)?
Spreading a 'proletariat revolution'
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Who was the chairman of the Comintern Congresses?
Grigorii Zinoviev
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Why was Germany not ripe for revolution?
Because the Spartacist, left wing uprising led by Rosa Luxemburg, was surpressed in January 1919
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Where were soviet-style republics that led Lenin to believe they were ripe for revolution?
Hungary and Bavaria
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Explain the 'Miracle on the Vistula'
Poland's capital city Warsaw is on the Vistula River, it seemed certain that Red Army would win but Poland won. Meant that Poland's frontiers were settled in 1922 and internationally recognised in 1923.
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What international organisation was Russia left out of alongside with Germany? When?
League of Nations, 1919
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Trade agreements began and Russia became less isolated. Give an example of how Russia traded with USA
Armand Hammer, American businessman, made deal with Lenin to supply pens and pencils to Soviet Union to combat illiteracy.
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What was the Treaty of Rapallo?
Signed April 1922, to get Russia and Germany to trade, article 1 and 2 agreed to waive claims for compensation arising from WWI. Article 4 and 5 dealt with 'mutual goodwill' in commercial and economic relations
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What was Grigory Chicherin invited in 1922 which was a massive step towards re-intergrating Soviet Russia?
The important international economic conference held in Genoa
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Explain what happened with the Zinoviev letter
A forgery of letter written by Conservatives, claimed to be from Lenin offering support to the Labour party, forged for the 1924 general election
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