Brezhnev Doctrine
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History, Economics
- Subcategories: Communism, Communists
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Germany, Soviet Union, Russia, Europe, Czech Republic, Balkans, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Yugoslavia
- Date: 1968-1989
Article abstract: The Brezhnev Doctrine justifies military intervention to keep Soviet satellites in line and maintains centralized control over the Soviet empire.
Summary of Event
The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet foreign policy directed toward keeping the East European satellite countries in line. It was used to justify Soviet military intervention to restore Soviet Communist authority over the satellites and to strengthen the Soviet’s grip over them. The Brezhnev Doctrine was also used as the ideological basis of Soviet empire.
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