The Soviet West-or Far Eastern Europe?
The Soviet West-or Far Eastern Europe?
Author(s): Roman SzporlukSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, International relations/trade, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Geopolitics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Soviet west; Far Eastern Europe; USSR; political history; 1939-1945; West Ukraine; inclusion of the West Ukraine into the USSR; Ukrainian-Russian relations;
Summary/Abstract: What entity do we have in mind when we use the names we do in the title of this essay? There are various ways of defining this area, all of them historical in one way or another. First of all, we may ask whether we might not substitute the term "Far Eastern Europe" for what has often been called "the Soviet West." Each term includes those areas that the USSR acquired between 1939 and 1945. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 05/1991
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 466-482
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English
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