All the Eastern European countries were under controll of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. These countries included Poland, Lithuania, Romania, Bulgaria and even part of Germany, plus a few other countries. Germany was split into two sections after WW2. The eastern half belonged to Russia while the western half was controlled by Great Britain, America and France. Yugoslavia, while controlled by the Soviets, was not greatly affected by Russian influence. Their leader Tito at the time, was very hesitant to be controlled by the USSR.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of Russia during World War II. His goals during the war were to defeat Germany, protect his country, and breaking up Eastern Europe.
Europe is not a single country. It's made up of many independent countries, each with their own leader.
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Europe does not have a leader. Europe is not a country. Europe is a continent of over 50 independent countries, each with their own leaders. So there is no single leader of Europe.
During his reign, Genghis Khan conquered territories in Asia and Europe, including parts of China, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
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There is no president of Europe. Europe is a continent and not a country, so it cannot have a leader.
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The Soviet leader when Eastern Europe was freed from Soviet control was Mikhail Gorbachev. His policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (restructuring) in the late 1980s contributed to the decline of Soviet influence in the region. The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent collapse of communist regimes across Eastern Europe occurred during his tenure, leading to significant political changes and the eventual dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
There were many different commanders in Europe during WWI, as each country had their own. The leader of the UK during WWI was first Herbert Asquith and then David Lloyd George. The leader of France during WWI was Georges Clemenceau. The leader of Italy during WWI was first Antonio Salandra and then Vittorio Orlando. The leader of Serbia during WWI was King Peter I. The leader of Russia during WWI was Czar Nicholas II. The leader of Germany during WWI was Kaiser Wilhelm II. The leader of Austria-Hungary during WWI was first Franz Joseph I and then Karl I. The leader of the Ottoman Empire during WWI was Mehmed V. The leader of Bulgaria during WWI was Czar Ferdinand I.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Because the Soviet Union controlled Eastern Europe for four decades. This changed when they elected a new leader, Mikhail Horbachev, he gave Eastern Europe more freedom as one of his reforms.