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The U.S. became the first to recognize the Kerensky Government in Russia.
The U.S. became the first to recognize the Kerensky Government in Russia. -
US troops landed
Sep 1, US troops landed in Vladivostok, Siberia, and stayed until 1920. -
“On Behalf of Russia: An Open Letter to America.”
Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), British agent and writer, wrote a propaganda pamphlet titled: “On Behalf of Russia: An Open Letter to America.” In 2009 Roland Chambers authored “The Last Englishman: The Double Life of Arthur Ransome.” -
9,000 soldiers from California
Some 9,000 soldiers from California and the Philippines began arriving at Vladivostok under Gen. William S. Graves. His orders said to stay out of trouble. -
US troops landed
US troops landed in Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. -
American troops of the Allied
American troops of the Allied North Russia Expeditionary Force received their baptism of fire near the town of Seltso against Soviet forces. -
against forced conscription in the US.
J. Edgar Hoover gallantly deported anarchist, feminist Emma Goldman to Russia for agitating against forced conscription in the US. -
he was allowed to go to the US to promote his instrument
Leon Theremin invented the theremin musical instrument. He was a Russian physicist who invented the instrument made of vacuum tubes and oscillators. In 1927 he was allowed to go to the US to promote his instrument and to spy for the Soviets. He returned to Russia in late 1938. -
Soviets warn the US
Soviets warned the U.S. against repeated entry of ships into territorial waters of the USSR. -
"Employment for Americans in Soviet Russia"
The US Department of Commerce issued a pamphlet titled 'Employment for Americans in Soviet Russia." in the early 1930's hundreds of Americans immigrated to the Soviet Union in search of jobs and a new life. many ended up in mass graves. In 2008 tTim Tzouliadis authored ' The Forsaken; An American Tragedy in Sstalin's Russia"
