They were able to take control of eastern Europe after world war 2 by giving ,the poor countries that lost a lot of money and infrastructure, money and aid with a condition that these countries become communist.
The soviet union wanted to create a buffer zone to the west Russia. This "Iron curtain" , as it came to be known , would take the hit before Russia did. It may or may not been Stalin's intention to use this to spread communism , but it was certainly for the Motherland's protection.
Military might. With the power gap left by the defeated Germans, the USSR was able to usurp their position as controller of Eastern Europe by sheer right of conquest. At the Yalta conference and other meetings during WW2, the Allies had given Stalin assurances in terms of territorial influence as well.
The Soviet Union had a head start when it dealt with East Germany after WW2. The two most radical groups in Germany before the war were the Nazi's and the Communists. There was little doubt in the early 1930's that Stalin had a great influence on the Communist Party in Germany.
After the War, a new Communist regime was placed in power with the military backing of the Soviet Union. The home grown Party members with the backing of the Soviet Union helped maintain East Germany as part of the Soviet Block.
cause it was cold so people where cold and other were warm
The European countries under soviet control were Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and eastern Germany.
A group of communistic countries, under the rule of the Soviet Union, that were located in Europe and blocked the Soviet Union from European attacks.
Yes. They wanted to expand the territory controlled by communisim and have a barrier between the USSR and Western Europe, after Hitler's invasion.
Not all All Eastern European Countries were part of the Soviet Union (USSR) of them. The following European countries were part of the USSR before its disintegration in 1992: Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova. Plus the three Caucasus countries which are sometimes considered part of Europe: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.
All these four countries were under the control of Soviet Union. They were in Eastern Block.Members of Warsaw Military pact
The Warsaw Pact was the alliance that was made by communist Eastern European countries that the Soviet Union controlled. It was a military alliance that was formed in 1955, during the Cold War.
The European Union was founded by Western European countries while Eastern European countries were still occupied by the Soviet Union.
Ukraine is the largest of the European countries that were part of the Soviet Union.
The European countries under soviet control were Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and eastern Germany.
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WARSAW Pact countries.
they were called satellites
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A group of communistic countries, under the rule of the Soviet Union, that were located in Europe and blocked the Soviet Union from European attacks.
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Yes. They wanted to expand the territory controlled by communisim and have a barrier between the USSR and Western Europe, after Hitler's invasion.