I. Overview, What were the aims of Soviet foreign policy under Lenin?
-<Tab/>In the new Bolshevik government Trotsky was made Commissar of Foreign Affairs.
-<Tab/>Taking Russia out of the First World War had been a major Bolshevik pledge and the Decree on Peace, which called for an immediate truce and a just peace, was issued in October 1917. It, however, brought no response from the major powers fighting the war.
-<Tab/>Hence, a separate treaty was signed involving only Russia and Germany due to Lenin's insistence. It was known as the Treaty of Br…
