Russia: Soviet Foreign Policy (1 Viewer)

[KnifeySpoony]

– changing nature of Soviet foreign policy: aims and strategies 1917–1941
– impact of changing ideology on Soviet foreign policy 1917–1941

Anyone know of what these two dot points actually cover? I've consulted my HTA study guide, key features and afew hand outs and well, it seems too broad(the content in the textbooks atleast) so thus i have no clue.
We don't have to cover the "great patriotic war", seeing as its not in the syllabus do we?
p.s: i have a rough idea, just having trouble making notes on it, thats all. i guess i'll just get some notes from the resource section as a last resort...any recommendations?

 

[cem]

– changing nature of Soviet foreign policy: aims and strategies 1917–1941
– impact of changing ideology on Soviet foreign policy 1917–1941

Anyone know of what these two dot points actually cover? I've consulted my HTA study guide, key features and afew hand outs and well, it seems too broad(the content in the textbooks atleast) so thus i have no clue.
We don't have to cover the "great patriotic war", seeing as its not in the syllabus do we?
p.s: i have a rough idea, just having trouble making notes on it, thats all. i guess i'll just get some notes from the resource section as a last resort...any recommendations?

You don't do the Great Patriotic War in a study of the Soviet Union as that is part of the Conflict in Europe topic.

I haven't taught the Soviety Union for over 10 years so wouldn't wish to steer you wrong as to exactly what is included but things like the joining and leaving of the League of Nations, any treaties they agreed to, ending Tsarist debts and how that impacted on the way other countries regarded the Soviet Union etc. You have probably far more specifics than that anyway.

 

[KnifeySpoony]

I noticed that key features + HTA and afew of the notes from the resources had mentioned it(great patriotic war), so i'll just assume it was under the older syllabus or something? I personally don't see much relevance to it other than it was an outcome of operation barborossa.
Thanks though, it still helped me a *tiny* little bit, but from what i already knew i was mainly thinking of the treaty of brest-litovsk and in regards to world revolution and of course the nazi non aggression pact, i guess ill try have another thorough read at my class notes/etc.

 

[cem]

I noticed that key features + HTA and afew of the notes from the resources had mentioned it(great patriotic war), so i'll just assume it was under the older syllabus or something? I personally don't see much relevance to it other than it was an outcome of operation barborossa.
Thanks though, it still helped me a *tiny* little bit, but from what i already knew i was mainly thinking of the treaty of brest-litovsk and in regards to world revolution and of course the nazi non aggression pact, i guess ill try have another thorough read at my class notes/etc.

Having had a quick look at the syllabus you only go to 1941 and Operation Barbarossa isn't specifically mentioned (probably because it is a specific topic in Conflict in Europe).

Like Germany, which I teach, you only have to go to the outbreak of war not into the war itself - so you stop with the launching of Operation Barbarossa but not past as your topic doesn't mention the war.

The older syllabi did include the Great Patriotic War because the National Studies included the war whereas the current syllabus has the war as a stand alone topic in the International Study.

 

[roar84eighty]

Evaluate the different stages.

Permanent/world revolution -> Leftist support through the Comintern vs. the pragmatic nature of the Commissariat of FA under Chicherin -> The short re-emergence of the 'vanguard' aspect of Bolshevism, gave up on the moderate socialists -> Stalin's return to traditional foreign policy – 'peaceful coexistence'/avoiding war; Nazi-Soviet pact + supression of communists in Spanish Civil War.