Abstract:

The article discusses the initial stage of recognition of the Soviet state as an example of relations with Great Britain in the early 1920s. On the basis of documentary material published in the journals of the supreme body of state power - the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, the difficulties of the political and diplomatic process of the exit of Soviet Russia from international isolation are shown.

Keywords: sanctions policy, Soviet Russia, Great Britain, Prime Minister D. MacDonald, People´s Commissar G.V. Chicherin, People´s Commissar M.M. Litvinov, People´s Commissar L.B. Krasin.