RUSSIAN
FOREIGN
POLICY,
1917-1941
R E V I S I O N M AT E R I A L
, OVERVIEW
• Ambiguous
• IDEOLOGY: World Revolution vs Socialism in One
Country
• Lenin: “…We are living not merely in a state but in a
system of states and the existence of the Soviet
republic side by side with imperialist states for a long
time is unthinkable. One or the other must triumph in
the end. And before this end supervenes, a series of
frightful collisions between the Soviet republic and the
bourgeoid states will be inevitable”. HOWEVER, it
would have to co-exist.
• Commitern (‘Communist International’) est. 1919 – help
create communist revolutionaries.
FOREIGN
POLICY,
1917-1941
R E V I S I O N M AT E R I A L
, OVERVIEW
• Ambiguous
• IDEOLOGY: World Revolution vs Socialism in One
Country
• Lenin: “…We are living not merely in a state but in a
system of states and the existence of the Soviet
republic side by side with imperialist states for a long
time is unthinkable. One or the other must triumph in
the end. And before this end supervenes, a series of
frightful collisions between the Soviet republic and the
bourgeoid states will be inevitable”. HOWEVER, it
would have to co-exist.
• Commitern (‘Communist International’) est. 1919 – help
create communist revolutionaries.
