Brezhnev speech to the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party

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The "Brezhnev speech to the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party" was a 1968 address by Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Warsaw that articulated the principle of limited sovereignty for socialist states, later known as the Brezhnev Doctrine.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War event
historical event
political speech
alsoKnownFor formulating the Brezhnev Doctrine
articulated principle of limited sovereignty for socialist states
associatedWith Brezhnev Doctrine
audience delegates of the Polish United Workers' Party
leadership of the Polish People's Republic
context Cold War
Eastern Bloc politics
country Poland
deliveredAt Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party
deliveredBy Leonid Brezhnev
deliveredIn Warsaw
deliveredOn 1968
historicalSignificance clarified Soviet view on sovereignty of Warsaw Pact members
provided doctrinal basis for the Brezhnev Doctrine
ideology Marxism–Leninism
Soviet communism
influenced interpretations of state sovereignty in socialist international law
subsequent Soviet policy toward Eastern Bloc dissent
justified Soviet intervention in other socialist countries
language Russian
politicalAlignment Soviet Union
politicalPurpose reinforce Soviet leadership in the socialist camp
signal limits to political liberalization in Eastern Bloc states
region Eastern Europe
relatedConcept Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe
collective security of socialist states
socialist internationalism
relatedOrganization Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Polish United Workers' Party
Warsaw Pact
speakerPosition General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

de facto leader of the Soviet Union
subject defense of socialism against internal and external threats
limits on national sovereignty in the Eastern Bloc
obligations of socialist countries to the socialist camp
relations between socialist states
timePeriod late 1960s

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Brezhnev Doctrine announcedIn Brezhnev speech to the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party