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| Russian Revolution of 1917 |
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| The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. |
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| The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a peace treaty signed on March 3, 1918, at Brest-Litovsk (now Brest, Belarus) between Russia (the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic) and the Central Powers, headed by Germany, marking Russia's exit from World War I. |
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| June 28, 1919. Signed by David Lloyd George (UK), Clemenceau (France), and Woodrow Wilson (USA). Germany must accept full responsibility for the war, and pay 6,600 million debt to pay for damages caused by the war. Must reduce their army to 100,000 people. League of Nations is set up. forbidden to have submarines or air-force. Lost territory. |
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| The Fourteen Points was a speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. Abolition of secret diplomacy by adoption of open covenants (agreements), openly arrived at. Freedom of the seas in peace and war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action to enforce international covenants. Removal of international trade barriers where-ever possible and |
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| It was the precursor to the United Nations.The League's primary goals, as stated in its Covenant, included preventing war through collective security, disarmament, and settling international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. |
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| Political instability and economic development, the world wide depression, German reparations, high inflation and massive unemployment. |
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| Fourteen Points (continued) |
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| establishment of equal trading conditions among the nations accepting the peace. Reduction of armaments to the lowest point consistent with public safety. Adjustment of colonial claims, taking into account the interests of the colonial population as well as those of the rival colonial powers. Evacuation of German troops from Russian territory, and an opportunity for Russia, then engaged in the Communist revolution, to determine its |
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| Fourteen Points (continued again) |
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| form of government without outside interference. Evacuation of German troops from Belgium. Evacuation and restoration by Germany of French territory, with restoration to France of Alsace-Lorraine. Readjustment of the frontiers of Italy along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. Opportunity of autonomous development for the peoples of Austria-Hungary. Evacuation by the Central Powers of Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania; granting of seaports to Serbia; |
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| Fourteen Points (continued again again) |
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| and international guarantees of the political and economic independence and territorial integrity of the Balkan states. Internationalization of the Dardanelles and self-determination for non-Turkish peoples under Turkish control. An independent Poland with access to the sea. Establishment of a general association of nations to afford mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to large and small nations alike. |
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