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"Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited; and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division; and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts."
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin
Attempts at Normalization
-Soviet Union tried to participate in World affairs in the 1920s
-Wanted to make things back to normal again after WWI
-Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 (promising not to declare any war)
-They joined the League of Nations in 1934
-Signed various non-aggression pacts
-New fear - fascism and rise of Japan in the 1930s
-Wanted to make things back to normal again after WWI
-Signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact 1928 (promising not to declare any war)
-They joined the League of Nations in 1934
-Signed various non-aggression pacts
-New fear - fascism and rise of Japan in the 1930s
Summary
Soviet Union tried hard to participate in the world affairs by joining the League of Nations and signing a bunch of pacts and stuff.
Nazi-Soviet Non Aggression Pact
-Stalin signs non-aggression pact with Hitler in 1939
-They wouldn't fight each other now
-They agreed to divide Poland(russia took eastern half of Poland)
-Both Russian and Germany didn't like the presense of Poland because they both lost lands from the formation of Poland
-Started trading with Germany. Russia gave them raw materials and brough war materials from Germany.
-This was called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (foreign ministers' names)
-They wouldn't fight each other now
-They agreed to divide Poland(russia took eastern half of Poland)
-Both Russian and Germany didn't like the presense of Poland because they both lost lands from the formation of Poland
-Started trading with Germany. Russia gave them raw materials and brough war materials from Germany.
-This was called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (foreign ministers' names)
Summary
Stalin signs non-aggression pact with Germany. They helped each other with materials trade.