After the World War Two, the USSR had gained control over the Eastern Europe It's a name and thus doesn't take an article. In the beginning Stalin was willing to accept a coalition government for several years, tell me because of Potsdam/Yaltabut the tension that are generated by the Cold War forced these countries to accept communist system. This was deeply influenced by the international relation and situation between the USSR and the West …
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…Embarrassingly these trade unions grew quickly and the USSR took action to destroy them. From 1950's to 1980's, the USSR took action to maintain their position and influence politically, economically and militarily. It was rather successful because orders were restored even though hundreds of thousands people were killed, but it took 12 years from the Hungarian to Czechoslovakian uprising, which couldn't be a threat to the USSR. Therefore, the USSR was successful in maintaining its control.