Soviet occupations is a term used for military occupations by the Soviet Union from the prelude to the aftermath of World War II. The term is usually used for occupations of Eastern European countries.
Some Communist countries created after World War II, such as Albania and Yugoslavia, were not occupied by Soviet forces, although their leaders had been approved by Joseph Stalin. Other countries were left by the Red Army after completing its milit...
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Soviet occupations is a term used for military occupations by the Soviet Union from the prelude to the aftermath of World War II. The term is usually used for occupations of Eastern European countries.
Some Communist countries created after World War II, such as Albania and Yugoslavia, were not occupied by Soviet forces, although their leaders had been approved by Joseph Stalin. Other countries were left by the Red Army after completing its military operations, or after several years of occupation, as in Iran, Romania, North Korea, or China. These countries were eventually able to gain significant political independence from the Soviet Union. However, Soviet Union military intervened in several instances, as during the Hungarian revolution of 1956, the Prague Spring, and the Soviet war in Afganistan
Some aspects of Soviet occupations have also been described as civil occupation as distinguished from military occupation.
The Soviet Union created puppet governments in some of these...
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