1 9 2 7 - 1 9 3 9 ▁The ▁Soviet ▁government ▁had ▁for fe ited ▁foreign - owned ▁private ▁companies ▁during ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁R S FS R ▁and ▁the ▁USS R . ▁Foreign ▁invest ors ▁did ▁not ▁receive ▁any ▁mon et ary ▁or ▁material ▁compens ation . ▁The ▁USS R ▁also ▁refused ▁to ▁pay ▁ts ar ist - era ▁deb ts ▁to ▁foreign ▁deb t ors . ▁The ▁young ▁Soviet ▁polity ▁was ▁a ▁par iah ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁open ly ▁stated ▁goal ▁of ▁supporting ▁the ▁over throw ▁of ▁capital istic ▁govern ments . ▁It ▁spons ored ▁workers ' ▁revol ts ▁to ▁over throw ▁numerous ▁capital istic ▁European ▁states , ▁but ▁they ▁all ▁failed . ▁Len in ▁revers ed ▁radical ▁experiments ▁and ▁restored ▁a ▁sort ▁of ▁capital ism ▁with ▁N EC . ▁The ▁Com intern ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁stop ▁organ izing ▁revol ts . ▁Starting ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 1 ▁Len in ▁sought ▁trade , ▁lo ans ▁and ▁recognition . ▁One ▁by ▁one , ▁foreign ▁states ▁re open ed ▁trade ▁lines ▁and ▁recognized ▁the ▁Soviet ▁government . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁the ▁last ▁major ▁polity ▁to ▁recogn ise ▁the ▁USS R ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁the ▁French ▁government ▁proposed ▁an ▁al liance ▁and ▁led ▁ 3 0 ▁govern ments ▁to ▁inv ite ▁the ▁USS R ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁League ▁of ▁Nations . ▁The ▁USS R ▁had ▁achieved ▁legit im acy ▁but ▁was ▁exp elled ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 3