Ussr-Us Relations 1917-1973 (PocketBook)

The subject of this booklet covers a historically brief period – from 1917, when the Soviet state was founded, to the present day. The year 1917 was significant not only because it marked the birth of the world’s first socialist state, but also because the emergence of a new type of international relations- relations between states with different social systems-dated from that years. The first instance of this new type of international relations was the establishment, in 1919, of diplomatic ties between Soviet Russia and Afghanistan.