Question

Give one reason for Stalin’s attempt to set up pro-Communist governments in Eastern and Central Europe.

Answer 1

One reason for Stalin’s attempt to set up pro-Communist governments in Eastern and Central Europe was to create a buffer zone of friendly states to protect the Soviet Union from future invasions. Stalin wanted to protect the USSR by surrounding it with other communist countries that would act as a wall against possible threats from the West. His motivation was that the USSR had lost a lot of people in World War II.