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There are 3 main factors:
- The poor financial and economic state of the USSR in the 1980s - it simply could no longer afford to maintain the military presence needed to control its European satellite states
- Gorbachev's policies of glasnost - "openness" not only within the USSR but the realization that eastern Europe must be allowed to go its own way
- Nationalism - perhaps it had more of an effect within the borders of the USSR (the 14 non-Russian republics all declaring independence) but nationalism within eastern Europe was strong as well
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∙ 13y agoThe allied powers partitioned off the territory Germany had conquered. The countries in the west were restored, while the countries in the east were incorporated into the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the USSR most of those countries have reestablished their national identities.
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∙ 13y agoThey used rigged elections, indimidation, and killed or arrested anyone they considered a threat to the soviet union
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∙ 11y agoThe Soviets were able to take over Eastern Europe by force and occupying land.
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When did the Soviet Union take over Eastern Europe?
They took over E. Europe at the end of WW1
After the war the soviet union quickly took control of?
Established control over Eastern Europe.
Is it true that Truman refused to back churchill when he claimed the soviet union took freedom from eastern Europe?
yes
How the Soviet Union slowly one by one took control of the nations of Eastern Europe.?
A type of culture that emphasizes free thought and asking questions
What did the Soviet Union do in Europe that upset the US?
They took it over. The Soviet Union was just a name they had for all the countries that were taken over (13 I believe). It collapsed at the end of the cold war and those countries were not under the control of the soviet union anymore.
When did the Soviet Union take over Eastern Europe?
They took over E. Europe at the end of WW1
After the war the soviet union quickly took control of?
Established control over Eastern Europe.
Is it true that Truman refused to back churchill when he claimed the soviet union took freedom from eastern Europe?
yes
Why did communism start in Europe?
it rose because of the glorious Soviet liberators it fell for all the satellite countries and independent communist countries fell with the Soviet union or counterrevolution
What happened to the countries of Eastern Europe following World War 2?
Answer this question…Hungary
How the Soviet Union slowly one by one took control of the nations of Eastern Europe.?
A type of culture that emphasizes free thought and asking questions
What happend to western Europe after the roamn empire fell in Italy?
Italy took over the eastern side but then the chatolics took it back again.
What did the Soviet Union do in Europe that upset the US?
They took it over. The Soviet Union was just a name they had for all the countries that were taken over (13 I believe). It collapsed at the end of the cold war and those countries were not under the control of the soviet union anymore.
What political change took place throughout Eastern Europe by 1948?
i am not sure but i can help u it i s 1- pro-soviet governments were in place or 2- pre-war were confirmed
What was it called when America took over Europe?
America never took over Europe.
What countries did Stalin attacked?
In 1937 he attacked Finland, and then in 1939 he assisted Nazi Germany in the invasion of Poland. During the war her took most of eastern europe, and eventually Germany. then, the Soviet Invasion of Japan happened, adding Another Country to the list.
Where was the Berlin air lift?
The Berlin Airlift took place all over Europe, where allied planes flew supplies over Soviet terrain to supply the people of Berlin, Germany!
