How did that influence the relations between USSR and wester powers?

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1946 Greek legislative election - Wikipedia

Soviet territorial claims against Turkey - Wikipedia

Turkish straits crisis - Wikipedia

1945 Hungarian parliamentary election - Wikipedia

Describe their purpose & function (Briefly)

How did their purpose & function match the different ideologies?

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• After World War II the Soviet Union made territorial demands on Turkey, submitting a list of territory to be ceded including Kars, Ardahan and Nakhichevan (the former two were held by Russia at the time; Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an Azeri enclave inside Armenian SSR).

• The Soviets demanded joint control of the Turkish Straits to secure their military and trade routes from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.

• These moves were all part of the larger goals SET by the Soviet Union to expand their dominance in the region and contain and counterbalance powers from The West.

• Following Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviet government disavowed its territorial claims to Turkey and worked hard to restore and maintain a high level of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Turkey

• Turkey rebuffs soviet demands for territorial and straits concessions, against her sovereignty.

• At the same time, the Turkish government which should support was Ring United States demanded assistance to where the 1946 Turkey Straits Crisis brought increased tension.

• Backed by the US and under the Truman doctrine, Turkey strengthened its ground and resisted soviet aggression.

• Turkey did not drag its heels: in 1952 it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, thereby securing its position in the Western bloc and enjoying a guarantee against Soviet aggression.

United States

• The US strongly opposes Soviet claims to Turkestan and any move (concerning Turkish straits) which it considers as expansionist.

• As part of the Truman Doctrine, the United States incorporated both economic and military support to Turkey with a purpose to prevent Soviet influence in this region.

• The arrival in 1946 of the USS Missouri evidenced American support and also helped alleviate tensions.

• During WWII the USSR was occupying Hungary (which was allied with the Axis powers)

  → This caused the Hungarian Communist Party to rapidly grow in numbers.

  
  

• Elections were required by the Yalta Agreement.

• Moreover, after an agreement between Hungary and the USSR, Western powers feared Hungary would become Communist and urged therefore for elections.

  
  

• Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 4 November 1945.

• Being anonymous and without census or fraud, this election was the first “democratic” election in Hungary.

• It was also the first election under full universal suffrage ever held in Hungary.

• However, it has been described as “generally fair, but not entirely free”, since only “democratic” parties could be involved (pre-war right-wing parties were excluded).

• The Soviets expected a 70% probability of victory.

• Nevertheless, to their surprise the result was nearly the opposite, with the Independent Smallholders Party (a right-wing party) winning 57% of the votes. *

• This meant that people preferred a parliamentary democratic nation where private property was allowed rather than a state where economy was entirely managed by the Communists.

  
  

• A new government with Ferenc Nagy as Prime Minister was established in 1946.

• However, the Communists received several charges, including control over the Interior Ministry and the police → this helped them to easily eliminate political opponents one by one.

• 5 March 1946: creation of a coalition government formed by left parties

  → 1947: Nagy is forced to resign

  → New elections are held on 31 August 1947: Communist victory.

Hungarian revolution in 1956

• Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev held a speech against the period of Stalin’s rule.

• This led to a popular uprising in Hungary in October 1956.

• Rebels won the first phase of this revolution and established a new government with Imre Nagy as premier and based on a multiparty system.

• Nagy declared neutrality and asked the UN for support.

• However, the USA feared a new global conflict and preferred not to act against the USSR.

• Thus, in November 1958 the Communists regained power in Hungary and Nagy was executed.

• However, the Stalinist-type domination and exploitation did not return.