title: Western Studies on the Sovietization of Eastern Europe
abstract: Abstract This paper reviews the studies of Western scholars on the Sovietization of Eastern Europe. Internationally, Sovietization was a significant component of the Soviet Union’s strategy in Eastern Europe after 1945. The Sovietization of Eastern Europe involved regulating international relations, defining the boundaries of these countries, determining the ethnic makeup of these countries through expulsion and population transfer, participating in the drafting of these countries’ constitutions
journal: Chinese Journal of Slavic Studies