12-18-2017, 06:18 AM
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Just a quote from Wikipedia:
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Unbeknownst to many, Russia played a significant role in the American Revolutionary War. First and foremost, Catherine the Great's position as perhaps the foremost sponsor of ongoing mediations between the European powers and America, that transpired during the war years, ultimately served to as a means of legitimizing and rallying support for the American cause, amongst the other European powers. Her political and military positions acted to further isolate the British within greater European politics, and in the final analysis, to help pave the way for the eventual victory of the young republic. "The proclamation of the Declaration of Armed Neutrality by Russia, which received the official approval of the Continental Congress of the United States in October, 1780, had great international significance. "If Catherine the Great had not politically maneuvered with other imperial powers and negotiated neutrality with other potentially belligerent states, and if instead she had chosen to support the British position, then perhaps the American Revolution may have been a somewhat different story.
Other than Russia's influence on the United States during this time, the Eurasian empire and the United States had many mutually beneficial relationships. Several scholars from both states, such as Benjamin Franklin and Mikhail Lomonosov, had direct or indirect relationships with one another. The Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg even elected Franklin to its honorary ranks in November, 1789. Russia and America also shared a prosperous commercial relationship. Though no Russian ships directly reached the ports of America during the war due to the empire's declaration of neutrality, many merchants from both countries were freely trading with each other after 1783.
In December of 1807 Russia first officially agreed to provide full diplomatic recognition of the new American republic, authorizing a full top level diplomatic exchange. On December 18, 1832, the two countries formally signed a trade treaty that K.V. Nesselrode and James Buchanan negotiated. Upon the signing of this agreement, President Andrew Jackson remarked that the trade "furnishe[d] new motives for that mutual friendship which both countries have so far nourished with respect to each other. "Jackson was not the only president to speak to the connections of Russia and America. Before the official trade agreement, the various benevolent relationships between Russia and the United States even lead President Thomas Jefferson to declare "Russia as the Power friendliest to the Americans."Clearly, the American Revolution started a trend of positive relations between the two states.
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