Wokół Rapallo. Refleksje o stosunkach niemiecko-rosyjskich w latach 1918–1922
About Rapallo. Reflections on German-Russian relations 1918–1922

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the relationship between Germany and SovietRussia – two countries that felt excluded from the postwar international orderestablished by the Treaty of Versailles. In defeated Germany, after the suppressionof attempts at revolution, there was a clash of different visions of foreign policy,including policy toward Russia. The victory of the Bolsheviks in the civil war andthe strengthening of their power in Russia meant that pragmatism and the desire forcloser political cooperation, which would also allow the implementation of Germany’seconomic interests, prevailed in German policy towards that state. The inclinationof both countries to strengthen cooperation was also reflected in the decisionon Germany’s neutrality during the Polish-Soviet War in 1920, which in practicefavored Russia. The Treaty of Rapallo of April 1922 became a symbolic confirmationand at the same time the beginning of the intensification of Soviet-Germancooperation. The article uses the method of document and literature research basedon studies in Polish, German, Russian, and English.

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