Change and Compromise: Soviet Diplomacy in the 1920s

The aims of Soviet diplomacy in the 1920s were to expand and strengthen diplomatic connections to emerge on the diplomatic scene as a fully accepted and functioning state equal to the world’s great powers, and to allow the Soviet Union the opportunity to develop economically by opening and maintaining channels for international trade. The extent to which Soviet diplomacy had to change and compromise its revolutionary aspects is central to its realignment during the 1920s.