Reporting from the frontlines of the First Cold War
Asgarov, Asgar
Following the Bolshevik Revolution in November of 1917, the United States ended diplomatic relations with Russia, and refused to recognize the Soviet regime until 1933. Given Russia''s vast size and importance on the world stage, Washington closely monitored the internal developments in that country during the non-recognition period. The American diplomats, stationed in revolutionary Russia and later, in the territories of friendlier nations s...