Legal monism
The Treaty of Versailles.
The agreement contained clauses stipulating territorial, military and economic sanctions. Forced Germany to admit guilt in starting the war and pay reparations for damage caused by promoting a feeling vengeful German.
General ideas: - The recognition of nationalities, map of Europe. - Implementation of the forms of democratic republicanism. - The punishment of defeated, which included financial compensation.
The territorial losses of Germany. Germany lost 15.5% of its territory and 10% of its population.
Alsace and Lorraine went to France. The Saar is administered by the League of Nations. The area of Eupen Malmedy went to Belgium. Some areas of West Prussia was allocated to Poland. The zone would Memel to Lithuania. The duchy of Schleswig was divided between Germany and Denmark. The Upper Silesia was divided between Poland and Germany. Germany lost all its colonies, Britain, France and Japan are the divided into mandates.
The Civil War (1918 to 1922).
Russia erupted into Civil War. It was a war between two sides, but a sum of uncoordinated interventions luchban each other. The sides of the Civil War can be summarized into three main groups:
- The Russians themselves who started a Civil War against Bolshevik rule him. It is called White Army: groups that act in different regions.
- The various contingents of foreign troops who intervened in an uncoordinated manner.
- It was composed of different peoples, such as Poles, Ukrainians, Baltic, Georgians, who fought for their independence.
Trotsky organized the Red Army in 1918. At the end of the 1st World War, laiados opposed apoyarn Bolshevik Russia and the White Army. He pretended to internationally isolate the new regime and force its fall. The Bolsheviks had recognized inthe peace treaty of brest livotsk independence of Poland, Finland, Ukraine and the 3 common Baltic. Russian troops occupied her cereal Ukraine pporque needed to survive.
Political organization in Russia.
The statement of soviets as the only means of representation.
monolithic control of power by Part of the administrative Bolsheviks. Since 1922 his party, the Communist Party, served as the only legal one.
In July 1918, adopted the Constitution of the Russian Socialist Federal Republic of Soviets. It proclaimed the dictatorship of the proletariat and the principle of free union between nationalities. States relied on two basic institutions: Congress of the Soviets and the board of commissioners of the town.
The configuration of the Soviet Union
in December 1922, configure the union of Soviet Socialist Republics. He possessed a common currency, a single army and a single foreign policy, but the preponderance of the socialist republic of Russia was evident.