Leadership on both sides felt this would help prevent a nuclear war.
The Soviet Union
The hotline was installed in order to promote communication between the superpowers and prevent calamitous occurrences from happening.
The Soviet Union had begun to install nuclear weapons in Cuba.
Russia of course, they are the ones that created the system. ( Vladimir Stallin)
The United States opposed the Soviet Union's communist system.
soviet union
The Soviet Union only came in to existence after the Russian Revolution of 1917. It ceased to exist when the communist system collapsed in 1989.
The United States opposed the Soviet Union's communist system.
no, its not! The Soviet Union is Russia.
It is unlikely that Russia will revert back to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, and Russia has since transitioned to a democratic system. While there may be some nostalgia for the Soviet era, the current political and social landscape in Russia suggests that a return to the Soviet Union is not a realistic possibility.
The current countries that use communism are: China Cuba Laos Vietnam and North Korea. Former nations include: Armenia (Soviet Union) Azerbaijan (Soviet Union) Belarus (Soviet Union) Estonia (Soviet Union) Georgia (Soviet Union) Kazakhstan (Soviet Union) Kyrgyzstan (Soviet Union) Latvia (Soviet Union) Lithuania (Soviet Union) Moldova (Soviet Union) Russia (Soviet Union) Tajikistan (Soviet Union) Turkmenistan (Soviet Union) Ukraine (Soviet Union) Uzbekistan (Soviet Union) Afghanistan Cambodia Mongolia Yemen Bulgaria Czechia Germany (East) Hungary Poland Romania Slovakia Albania (Yugoslavia) Bosnia and Herzegovina (Yugoslavia) Bulgaria Croatia (Yugoslavia) North Macedonia (Yugoslavia) Montenegro (Yugoslavia) Serbia (Yugoslavia) Slovenia (Yugoslavia) Angola Benin DR Congo Ethiopia Somalia Eritrea and finally, Mozambique
the breakup of the Soviet Union