title: Implementation of Brezhnev’s and Gorbachev’s Doctrines towards Countries of Eastern Europe
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metadata.value: Polynov, Matvey F.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2022-12-15T09:51:43Z
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metadata.value: 2022-12-15T09:51:43Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2022-09
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metadata.value: Polynov M. F. Implementation of Brezhnev’s and Gorbachev’s Doctrines towards Countries of Eastern Europe. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2022, vol. 67, issue 3, рp. 772– 788. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2022.306 (In Russian)
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu02.2022.306
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/38693
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metadata.value: The article analyzes two concepts of the USSR’s policy towards its allies in Eastern Europe —
  “Brezhnev doctrine” and “Gorbachev doctrine”. Relying on declassified documents of the Politburo,
  the author shows that these “doctrines” were direct opposites, and their implementation
  led to different consequences. The justification of the right to intervene for the sake
  of saving socialism was substantiated in 1968, but the origin dates to the end of the Second
  World War. The USSR and other countries of the Warsaw Pact — Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland,
  the GDR — tried to find a compromise solution to overcome the situation in Czechoslovakia
  and avoided deploying troops, but the Czechoslovak leadership didn’t comply with the accepted
  joint agreements. Documents demonstrate that the main motive for the intervention
  was the desire to save socialism and Czechoslovakia as part of the Warsaw Pact. Thus, there
  was an attempt at prevention of redressing of balance of power in favor of NATO on the European
  continent and at ensuring security. The revision of the “doctrine of limited sovereignty”
  began in 1985 under the new General Secretary M. S. Gorbachev. The former policy aimed at
  preserving the USSR’s sphere of influence was being replaced by the policy of creating a new
  system of European security and building a “common European home”. The article shows that
  during the Perestroika, it was not possible to develop an adequate policy that met the interests
  of the USSR, which resulted in the withdrawal of the USSR from these countries. Subsequently,
  they became members of NATO and turned into military and political opponents of Russia.
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metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 67; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Brezhnev doctrine
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Gorbachev doctrine
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Warsaw Pact
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Soviet Union
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Czechoslovakia
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Dubcek
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: reforms
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: the introduction of troops
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Implementation of Brezhnev’s and Gorbachev’s Doctrines towards Countries of Eastern Europe
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metadata.value: Article
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