See: COLD WAR
It increased the tension, but the tension was high already because of other Cold War events around the world. China invaded Tibet in 1950. France was fighting the Viet Minh in Indochina. And there was what Churchill called the Iron Curtain in Europe, not to mention the fact that the USSR had recently "acquired" the secret of atomic fission.
Before Sputnik, America was in a "battle" with Russia on space flight. America wanted to be the first in space, on the moon, and have the first satellite orbit the Earth. - When Sputnik (Russian Satellite) went into space, tension was created by which we had lost part of the Space Race. It put Russia ahead of America in the Space Race.
the Cold War.
Nowhere it refers to tension existed previously between US and USSR
Brezhnev's main goal for the USSR was to stabilize the society. He also wanted to increase economic growth.
A period of tension between the capitalist USA and the Communist USSR
The USSR was with the Allies - they were against the Germans
After the war USA and USSR fought (not literally) for power in post-war world. Europe was divided in eastern Europe, which was under USSR's subordination and western Europe, which actively cooperated with USA. The tension between these two nations grew resulting in cold war.
The Russian Revolution formed the USSR, the first Communism state. The USSR changed the world by proving that Communism could work. The USSR went to create a better world, although never achieved, it legacy will live on. P.S. We should revive the USSR
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USSR
Western democracies were in conflict with the USSR over communism and communist tactics. The Cold War started before World War 2 ended.