The Soviets Abroad
Throughout its existence, the Soviet Union played the role of both liberator and oppressor.
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When the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they didn’t give much thought to the foreign policy their new state would follow. Lenin admitted as much in 1921: “Before the Revolution and even after it, we thought: if not immediately then in the worst case scenario very soon, the revolution would win in other more developed […]