the Soviet Union was committed to expanding its influence

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The Soviet Union was a communist superpower that sought to extend its political and ideological control beyond its borders during the 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former superpower
one-party state
socialist state
backedGovernment Afghan communist government after 1978
Cuban government after 1959
capital Moscow
continent Asia
Europe
economicSystem planned economy
engagedIn Cold War
existedFrom 1922
existedUntil 1991
foreignPolicyDoctrine Brezhnev Doctrine
foreignPolicyGoal expand influence abroad
spread communism
support socialist movements
governmentType communist
hadNuclearWeapons true
ideology Marxism–Leninism
intervenedIn Czechoslovakia 1968
Hungary 1956
leader Joseph Stalin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Lenin
memberOf United Nations
Warsaw Pact
officialLanguage Russian
perceivedRival United States
politicalSystem single-party rule
promoted central planning
collectivization
state atheism
sphereOfInfluence Central Asia
Eastern Europe
parts of the Global South
successorState Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
superpowerStatus Cold War era
linked to: Cold War
supported Warsaw Pact allies
linked to: Warsaw Pact

communist parties abroad
revolutionary movements
usedInstrumentOfInfluence economic aid
ideological propaganda
intelligence operations
military intervention

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Kennan’s Long Telegram argued the Soviet Union was committed to expanding its influence