Abstract

Russian Democracy and The Allies

This article focuses on Russian democracy and the Allies. Soviet Union, from the very beginning of the conflict in Europe, has been the erratic member of the Entente family. A vicious autocracy whose methods always found sympathy, and even assistance, in a reactionary Prussia, suddenly allies herself with the cause of democracy and against Prussia, and enters the war with an energy and enthusiasm equal to her associates. Soviet Union would have been fighting on the side of the Entente had it not discovered that the Allies' conception of democracy was irreconcilable with the ideals of free Soviet Union. The famous secret treaties created the chasm. As long as the autocracy lasted and its machinations were concealed from the people, liberal Soviet Union pinned its faith to the integrity of the democratic declarations of the Allies.