Soviet Retaliation

Question 1

What are the two organizations set up by the Soviet Union ? C C

Answer 1

Cominform and Comecon

Question 2

Why did they set these organizations up ?

Answer 2

Extend soviet political and economic control over Eastern Europe
Retaliate to US police’s of containment

Question 3

When sand why was Cominform set up ? What was it a response to ?

Answer 3

Cominform 1947
- enable Soviet Union to coordinate communist parties throughout Europe
- Response to the Truman Doctrine

Question 4

What did Cominform aim to do ?

Answer 4

It aimed to ensure states in Eastern Europe
- follows soviet aims in foreign policy
- introduced soviet style economic policies such as collectivization of agriculture and state control of industry

Question 5

What did the Soviet Union use Cominform for ?

Answer 5

To purge any members who disageeed with Moscow
- such as Tito in Yugoslavia

Question 6

1. When was Comecon ?
2. What was it a response to ?

Answer 6

Comecon 1949
- soviet response to the Marshall plan

Question 7

What did Comecon aim to do ?

Answer 7

Financially support countries in Eastern Europe

Question 8

What did Comecon do in reality ?

Answer 8

• control the economies of these states
• give the Soviet Union access to their resources
• encourage economic specialization within the soviet bloc. Such as Czechoslovakia being encouraged to work on industry and Romania for the production of food and raw materials