After world war ii, stalin said that the soviet union needed a “buffer zone” to protect it from attack. this idea resulted in the ussr expanding its control into

After World War II, Stalin said that the Soviet Union needed a "buffer zone" to protect it from attack. This resulted in the USSR expanding its control into Eastern Europe. This occurred in countries such as Poland, East Germany, the Ukraine, Bulgaria, and Czechoslovakia. 

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