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SOVIET EXPANSION IN EASTERN EUROPE (Pattern of creation (Stalin would…
SOVIET EXPANSION IN EASTERN EUROPE
driven by practical rather than ideological considerations
Eastern Europe corridor of attack X 3
cycle of action and reaction (perceived US aggression=Stalin feeling threatened=determination to protect USSR
"The tougher we get the tougher the Russians will get" (Wallace)
CREATION OF SATELLITE STATES
had been under occupation of Red Army
Stalin wanted them to be under strict Soviet control
=satellite states
Pattern of creation
Stalin would support communist parties in Eastern European countries
democratic politics would come to an end
only communist parties would exist, must be approved, others banned
no democratic freedoms (speech,expression)
censorship of mass media, media controlled by USSR
no private enterprise
Secret police would ensure obedience and deal with opposition
STATES
POLAND
Communists joined coalition gov
outright leaders 1947
non communist leader into exile
ROMANIA
communist elected PM, left wing coalition
abolished monarchy
BULGARIA
left wing coalition 1945
executed leaders of other parties
YUGOSLAVIA
TITO- war time resistance to Nazis- elected president 1945
determined to apply communism in his own way
expelled from Cominform 1948
GREECE
GB+US support Royalist side in civil war
defeating communist opposition
HUNGARY
com=2nd largest in 1947 elections
imprisoned opposition politicians
attacked church leaders
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
left wing coalition 1945
com=largest single party
position threatened 1948-banned other parties=1 party state