Soviet+Relationships+with+E.+Europe

Hannah Chiu Describe and analyze the changing relationships between the USSR and Eastern European countries from 1945 to 1970. E. European Countries under Soviet influence after WWII Poland Ukraine Baltic States E. Germany Hungary Czechoslovakia Bulgaria Krushchev Policies Secret Speech Poland Hungary Yugoslavia Brezhnev Policies Czechoslovakia- Prague Spring Poland- Solidarity Brezhnev Doctrine Andropov Policies Prague Spring- PROGRESS PROGRESS- active measures against Czechoslovakian reformers Chernenko Policies Gorbachev Policies New Thinking Sinatra Doctrine Germany Reunited Poland Hungary East Germany Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Romania ** THESIS:  ** After the World War II, the United States and the Soviet Russia emerged as the world’s super powers and had several conflicts over political issues. Russia has much influence in the Eastern Europe countries, which slowly disintegrated and the countries became democratic because of Soviet Russia’s new policy under Gorbachev.