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The Cold War: East-Central Europe and Ukraine in the Soviet security system

The Cold War: East-Central Europe and Ukraine in the Soviet security system This lecture explores how WWII reshaped East-Central Europe and how Ukraine became a key Soviet outpost in the emerging Cold War order. 📌 Key topics include: – Ukraine’s role as a Soviet buffer zone after 1945 – Soviet repressions in Western Ukraine and UPA resistance – Deportations (Operation West) and population exchanges with Poland – Stalin’s antisemitic campaign and the “Doctors’ Plot” – Border settlements with Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Hungary – Incorporation of Transcarpathia into Soviet Ukraine – Creation of the Soviet bloc and Warsaw Pact ⚠️ Critical insights: – The USSR sought security through ethnic homogenisation and authoritarian control – Ukraine’s formal “sovereignty” in international law was symbolic under Stalin – Repressions, deportations, and manipulation of minority groups defined Soviet security strategy The lecture closes by linking this Cold War order to the modern era: the 2014 annexation of Crimea and the 2022 invasion of Ukraine shattered the postwar security system born at Yalta and Potsdam. 📚 This lecture is part of the course Ukraine: The (Un)finished Second World War — exploring Ukraine in WWII, global conflict, historical narratives, and modern “memory wars” over the “Ukrainian question.” The full course with additional teaching materials and tests is available here: https://www.udemy.com/course/ukraine-... #ColdWar #UPA #OperationWest #Transcarpathia #SovietSecurity #Stalinism #PostwarEurope