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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Statements (46)

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 ⓘ