Brezhnev Doctrine Bans Independent Behavior by Soviet Satellites
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- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Communism, Communists, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations, Human Rights, Cold War
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
- Geographical Location: Moscow, Soviet Union, Russia, Europe
- Date: 1968-1989
Article abstract: Under the Brezhnev Doctrine, the Soviet Union exercised the right of direct intervention to restore order anywhere among its satellites that it deemed socialism to be threatened.
Summary of Event
As a victorious Ally and in direct violation of the provisions of the Atlantic Charter (1941) against territorial aggrandizement at the expense of the enemy, after World War II the Soviet Union came to inherit an empire larger than the old Romanov, Hohenzollern, and Habsburg empires combined. This diverse, multinational new empire consisted of...
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