It happened fairly quickly between 1944 and 1948.
The statesman who championed world Sovietism after World War II was Joseph Stalin. As the leader of the Soviet Union, Stalin aimed to spread communism and expand Soviet influence globally. He supported the establishment of communist governments in Eastern Europe and promoted international socialist movements.
Joseph Stalin expanded his power by using his secret police and the government to control society. He took control of farms and killed farmers who resisted so that he could control food supplies.
Yes. They wanted to expand the territory controlled by communisim and have a barrier between the USSR and Western Europe, after Hitler's invasion.
USSR Communist leader Josef (Joseph) Stalin mainly aimed to expand Communism. He felt that 'Communism was one country of the world'. During the Cold War he began taking over many Eastern European countries that were weak and if any opposed Communism they would be killed or arrested. Soon, he controlled Eastern Europe. then he wanted to drive further but since the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Aid came into the equation he couldn't expand Communism.
Stalin created puppet states in Eastern Europe to expand the power of the USSR. It also enabled the Soviet Union to take advantage of these nations' natural resources and their industries. The idea that he created the socalled Soviet bloc to protect the USSR from Western Europe and the US, is a convenient way to rationalize his method of imperialism. And, the idea that by controlling the nations of Eastern Europe, he prevented the creation of an anti-Soviet alliance that could become a threat to the USSR falls into the excuse for imperialism stated earlier. In terms of measuring the validity of the Soviet imperialism argument for Stalin's aggression is fairly easy. For all practical purposes, there is no evidence that the populations of Western Europe made any mass movements into Eastern Europe to be protected from Western imperialism. Quite the opposite, people in these puppet states risked their lives to escape from Eastern Europe, or stage revolutions, such as Hungary did in the mid 1950's.
The Mongols were never able to expand to Western Europe, the farthest west they could get was Eastern Europe.
The Chinese promised autonomy to the Tibetans, but eventually, Chinese control tightened, and the Dalai Lama (religious leader of Tibet) fled to India. This is like the Soviet Union's promises to the countries of Eastern Europe because these promises were a ploy to expand communism.
Expand his dictatorship
Hitler's plan was to conquer 'living space' for Germans in Eastern Europe. He wanted Jews out from the Eastern Europe and he also wanted the Slav population reduced. NO ACTUALLY HE WANTED LIVING SPACE FOR THE ARYAN RACE.
occupy eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and parts of Finland. The agreement, known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, effectively divided Eastern Europe between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, and it allowed the USSR to expand its influence and territorial control.
Having gained ascendancy over the Western Mediterranean, the became increasingly embroiled in the affairs of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Between 1945 and 1949, Stalin aimed to spread communism by establishing communist governments in Eastern Europe through a mix of political pressure, manipulation, and military intervention. He solidified Soviet influence in countries like Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria, often supporting or installing local communist parties in power. The establishment of the Cominform in 1947 served to coordinate communist activities across Europe, while the Marshall Plan's rejection further entrenched the divide between Eastern and Western blocs. These actions contributed to the onset of the Cold War as the Soviet Union sought to expand its ideological reach.