HIST-1106EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Helsinki Accords, Antimilitarism, Westernizer

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Factors supporting soviet cold war behavior (pages 3-5) He counted on russian nationalism having historically developed in an imperial form (as russians never claimed their own nation-state: to expand and consolidate his socialist empire stalin appealed to ukrainian, Georgian, armenian, and azeri nationalisms: his use of nationalist and patriotic themes bolstered the revolutionary-imperial paradigm through the mobilization not only of communist elites and. The process of decolonization contributed to globalizing the cold war. The quick decline of british, french, and other european colonial empires in the 50s created irresistible temptations for the kremlin to intervene in parts of the glove previously beyond. Nevertheless, the paradigmatic components of soviet cold war consensus proved resilient. 60s: the emergence of trans-national scientific networks promoted this phenomenon among soviet intellectuals, during the early 70s, the anti-militarist tendencies in soviet elites gained support from. Leonid brezhnev helping erode the enemy image of the west by rapprochement with.