In this study, newspapers of Soviet Russia, which took place in the international press and the Russian local press between 1925 and 1926, were transcribed according to the Foreign Press Journal, which was first published by the General Directorate of Press and Intelligence on June 7, 1925.
Tsarist regime were overthrown with the revolution that took place in Russia in 1917, and left its place to the Soviet regime. Russia's former allies with whom it entered the First World War didn't receive well this change. Especially Britain and France saw the new regime as a great threat to their imperialist administrations and took a hostile attitude towards the Soviet government. In the face of this hostile attitude of the Western states, Soviet Russia wanted to attract Germany, which had to sign a peace treaty (Versailles) with severe conditions after the First World War. However, Germany's signing of the Locarno Treaty with the European States in 1925 caused a complete disappointment for the Soviet administration. With this agreement, Soviet Russia would seek to strengthen its relations with neighboring states. Turkish-Soviet relations in the commercial, political and social fields were at their peak during this period. This study aimes to contribute to the understanding of Soviet foreign policy by examining the developments in Soviet Russia in the Lokarno process, both the news in the Russian press and in the world press. |