STALIN’s FOREIGN POLICY

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STALIN’s FOREIGN POLICY The War Inside for War Outside USSR Foreign Policy: 1917-1939

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STALIN’s FOREIGN POLICY. The War Inside for War Outside USSR Foreign Policy: 1917-1939. THE ISOLATION OF RUSSIA: 1917-1921. Soviet Union diplomatically isolated after Bolshevik revolution Not involved in international initiatives Global outcast. COMFORT IN ISOLATION. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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STALIN’s FOREIGN POLICY

The War Inside for War OutsideUSSR Foreign Policy: 1917-1939

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THE ISOLATION OF RUSSIA: 1917-1921

• Soviet Union diplomatically isolated after Bolshevik revolution

• Not involved in international initiatives

• Global outcast

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COMFORT IN ISOLATION

• USSR fine with isolation

• Commitment to worldwide revolution

• The Comintern

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THE END OF ISOLATION

• Failure of Comintern

• Desperate need of foreign aid

• Treaty of Rapallo/Treaty of Berlin

• Links with the world

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STALIN’S SUSPICION

• Fear of foreign intervention

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We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it, or they will crush us.

- Stalin

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SOCIALISM IN ONE COUNTRY

• Original Foreign Policy

• Ignoring Communism Abroad

• Policy of self-protection

• Industrialization the key