HST 296 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Titoism, Nikita Khrushchev, Georgy Malenkov
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Owd chapter 4 two europes, two germanies. Background information: setting: postwar europe, what"s happening: superpowers are extending their influence on devastated countries, bipolarity and state building are developing symbiotically. Ottoman, hapsburg, and romanov empires controlled the area until 1918. Practice of serfdom most of the area was polarized between peasants and large landowners who continued to control these areas after empires collapsed. Urban capitalism came later than in the west commercial class people were unpopular foreigners: most eastern european countries ended up as military dictatorships (pre-wwii) State was dominant politically and economically. Communists exploited these aspects: post wwii, postwar governments took over large landowners" property and distributed them amongst the peasants. Governments were coalitions of socialist, communists and peasants. Transition of capitalism to socialism: complete communist control of many countries by 1949. Most significant feature of eastern european countries. Started with yugoslavia and albania: nationalism subordinated to moscow"s proletarian internationalism . Stalinism prompted by marshall plan and titoism (independence of.
