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    "ocrText": "2\nTRENDS IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY SINCE WORLD WAR I\nTRENDS IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY SINCE WORLD WAR I\n3\nDuring this period of isolation, the threat of social revolution was\n1918\nused by Soviet Russia as a means of securing its own supremacy in\nthe world. The goal was the overthrow of all existing bourgeois\n- January 8-President Wilson asks liberal treatment of Russia in 14-\ngovernments and the creation of a global commonwealth of toilers via\npoint address.\nblitz revolution. As early as in December 1917, the Soviet Govern-\nPoint 6 called for evacuation of all Russian territory and a\nment put 2,000,000 rubles at the disposal of its representatives abroad\nsettlement which would provide Russia with an opportunity for\n\"for the needs of the revolutionary internationalist movement.' In\na free and independent national development \" and assure her of\n1919 Moscow became the seat of the Communist Third International.\na sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institu-\nThe Communist rulers of the first proletarian state were imbued with\ntions of her own choosing.\"\nthe idea that their desire for the change of the political and social\nJanuary 12-Latvia proclaims independence from Russia.\nworld order was shared by all the other working peoples of the world-\nJanuary 22- The Ukraine proclaims independence from Russia.\ngreat and small, European and Asiatic, imperialist and colonial.\nFebruary Ukranian Communists sign separate peace treaty with\nCentral Powers.\n1917\nFebruary 10-At Brest-Litovsk, Russian delegate announces intention\nof Soviet Government to proclaim war ended without signing peace\nMarch 15-Nicholas II abdicates Russian throne.\ntreaty offered by Germany.\nMarch 22-United States recognizes provisional government of\nFebruary 10-All-Russian Central Executive Committee decree annuls\nRussia.\nforeign debts unconditionally and without exceptión.\nMarch 24-Great Britain, France, and Italy recognize provisional\nFebruary 8-German armies resume advance occupying many im-\ngovernment of Russia.\nportant points in White Russia and along the Baltic coast.\nMarch 29-Provisional government informs Allies Russia will remain\nFebruary 23-Soviet Government accepts new German demands which\nin war against Central Powers.\nare even harsher than those originally proposed.\nMarch 30-Provisional government grants independence to Poland.\nFebruary 24-Estonian provisional government declares independ-\nApril 16-Lenin and other Bolshevik leaders arrive in Petrograd.\nence of Estonia.\nMay 1-Provisional government again notifies Allies of Russia's\nMarch 3-Russia concluded peace settlement with Central Powers in\nresolve not to conclude separate peace.\nTreaty of Brest-Litovsk.\nMay 18-Provisional government suggests international conference\nIn the treaty Russia agreed: (1) To give up Poland, Courland,\nto make peace \"without annexation, without indemnities, and on\nand Lithuania, and to allow these to be reorganized by the\nthe basis of the self-determination of peoples.\"\nCentral Powers; (2) to cede Ardahan, Kars, and Batum in the\nJuly 1 -Russia launches abortive offensive in Galicia.\nCaucasus to Turkey (3) to evacuate Estonia, Livonia, the\nJuly 18-Russian troops suppress Bolshevik revolt led by Lenin and\nUkraine, and Finland; (4) to discontinue Bolshevik propaganda\nTrotsky.\nin the territories ceded by the treaty.\nJuly 11-Kerensky succeeds Prince Lvov as Premier in provisional\nMarch 8-Chicherin replaces Trotsky as Commissar for Foreign\ngovernment cabinet shake-up.\nAffairs and latter becomes Commissar of Military and Naval\nSeptember 3-German troops occupy Riga.\nAffairs.\nSeptember 14-Kerensky assumes dictatorial powers to stem revolu-\nMarch 5-Austro-Hungarian troops occupy Odessa.\ntionary tide.\nMarch 16-German troops enter Kiev.\nNovember -Bolsheviks under Lenin overthrow Kerensky, seize con-\nApril 4-Japanese troops land at Vladivostok.\ntrol of Russian Government, and declare for peace.\nApril 23-Soviet Government protests union of Bessarabia with\nNovember 8-Lenin becomes chairman of revolutionary government;\nRumania.\nTrotsky, Commissar for Foreign Affairs; and Stalin, Commissar for\nApril 27-Russia protests German invasion and violation of Brest-\nNational Minorities.\nLitovsk Treaty.\nNovember issue offer for immediate armistice to allow\nMay -German Army occupies Crimea, with vanguards reaching\ndiscussion of democratic peace without annexations or indemnities.\nRostov.\nNovember 24-Trotsky begins publication of inter-Allied secret treaties\nMay 22-Czech troops in Siberia decline to surrender arms to Soviets.\nfound in Czarist archives.\nMay 26-National Council of Georgia declares independence.\nDecember 6-Finland proclaims independence from Russia.\nJuly 2-Allied Supreme War Council formally decides on military\nDecember 11-Lithuanian - Diet declares independence of Lithuania.\nintervention in Russia and British and French troops land in\nDecember -Russia signs armistice with Central Powers.\nMurmansk.\nDecember 29-Bolsheviks begin peace negotiations with the Central\nJuly 10-Fifth All-Russian Congress of Soviets adopts new con-\nPowers.\nstitution of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic\nDecember 31 - -Bolshevik government officially recognizes independence\n(R. S. F. S. R.).\nof Finland.\nJuly 16-Bolsheviks execute ex-Czar Nicholas II and his family.\n64805-47-2"
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