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1、WhydidtheSovietUnionpursuethedominationofeasternEurope，includingconstructingtheBerlinWall？1.IntroductionAftertheWorldWarII,withthefamous"IronCurtain"speechbyWinstonChurchill,duetothesharpoppositionofideologybetweentheeastandwest,thecoldwarworldsituationwithtwooppositecamps,
2、thecapitalistcountriesandthesocialistcountries,hadgraduallyformedandtheconfrontationhadlastedforalongtime.(Walker,1994)InordertomaintaintheleadingpositionandcompetewiththeUnitedStates,theSovietUnionbuiltupacloserelationshipbetweensocialistcountriesamongeasternEurope.Alongwi
3、thbreak-upoftheSovietUnionandYugoslaviasince1948,theSovietUnionbegantocarryoutthe"purge",snatched"Titomembers"intheeasternEuropeancountries.DuringKhrushchev’sgovernance,astheeastGermany(GDR)’seconomywasbad,peoplelongedforthewestGermany,whichresultedinthelossoflargelaborforc
4、eoftheeastGermany.ThusKhrushchevgavetheordertobuildtheBerlinwall.(McCauley,2008)TheaimofthispaperistoanalyzethereasonswhytheSovietUnionpursuedthedominationofEasternEurope,includingconstructingtheBerlinWall.2.SovietUnion’spursuitofdominatingEasternEuropeIntermsofsignificance
5、oftheeasternEuropetotheSovietUnion,academiccircleshavemanypointsofview.AmericanscholarLincolnGordon'sanalysisisrathercomprehensive.Firstly,asadefensivebuffer,easternEuropeisanimportantmilitaryconsideration.EasternEuropeisalsoseenasapotentialspringboardofoffensivestrategies.
6、TheSovietUnionregardedthisareaasapioneerandthefirstachievementofworldcommunistmovementoutofideologicalreasons,whichwasalsoanexamplefortherestoftheworldtofollow.Besides,theSovietUnionalsosaweasternEuropeasacoreofcountryunionwhichcouldprovidepoliticalanddiplomaticsupportonthe
7、worldpoliticalstage.ThuseasternEuropefurtherbecamethesourceofpoliticalandlegalideologyforMoscow.Lastly,easternEuropewasonceregardedasthesourceofeconomicfortune.Underthecoldwarsituation,itwasnotonlyasuccessfulsignfortheSovietUniontomaintainbalanceinEuropeandsharetheworldwith
8、theUnitedStates,butalsohadacrucialroleinmaintainingsecurityandinterestsoftheSoviet
