Brezhnev Doctrine
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The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet Cold War policy asserting the right of the USSR to intervene in other socialist countries to preserve communist rule and prevent deviation from Moscow’s model.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War policy
ⓘ
foreign policy doctrine ⓘ |
| abandonedBy | Mikhail Gorbachev ⓘ |
| abandonmentDate | late 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | doctrine of limited sovereignty ⓘ |
| announcedIn | Brezhnev speech to the Fifth Congress of the Polish United Workers' Party ⓘ |
| announcementDate | 1968-11-13 ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Warsaw Pact
ⓘ
surface form:
Warsaw Pact states
socialist countries ⓘ |
| consequence |
international criticism of Soviet imperialism
ⓘ
limitation of political reforms in Eastern Europe ⓘ reinforcement of Soviet control over Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
defense of socialism against internal and external threats
ⓘ
limited sovereignty of socialist states ⓘ prevention of deviation from the Soviet model of socialism ⓘ right of the USSR to intervene in socialist countries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| field |
Soviet foreign policy
ⓘ
international relations ⓘ |
| formulatedBy | Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ |
| geopoliticalBloc | Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Cold War
ⓘ
Soviet–Eastern Bloc relations ⓘ |
| ideology | Marxism–Leninism ⓘ |
| influenced | Soviet interventions in allied socialist states ⓘ |
| inForceDuring |
1970s
ⓘ
early 1980s ⓘ late 1960s ⓘ |
| languageOfFormulation | Russian ⓘ |
| legalStatus | unwritten policy ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Western European countries ⓘ reformist movements in Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | communist ⓘ |
| principle |
interests of world socialism take precedence over national sovereignty of socialist states
ⓘ
no socialist country may change its communist party’s leading role ⓘ no socialist country may leave the socialist camp ⓘ |
| region | Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Prague Spring
ⓘ
Sinatra Doctrine ⓘ Warsaw Pact ⓘ limited sovereignty ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Sinatra Doctrine ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1968–1980s ⓘ |
| usedToJustify |
Soviet intervention in Afghanistan in 1979
ⓘ
Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 ⓘ suppression of the Prague Spring ⓘ |
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