Traditional Russian expansionism

Question 1

What was Stalin’s foreign policy?

Answer 1

Essentially a continuation of the traditional expansionist objectives of the Tsarist Empire rather than an attempt to spread communism across the globe

Question 2

How did Stalin act as a Red Tsar after 1945?

Answer 2

By seeking to extend the SU’s borders and influence

Question 3

What was Stalin continuing in Russia?

Answer 3

Their 19th century policy of extending its territory by incorporating Poland into its empire and attempting to exercise dominance over the Balkans and Middle East

Question 4

What was one of Stalin’s key post-war objectives as well as a source of tension with the Western Powers?

Answer 4

To recover Russian territory such as parts of Poland and the Baltic states lost under the Brest-Litovsk Treaty (1918)