title: Shaping the Postwar World: Soviet Diplomacy at the United Nations Preparatory Commission
abstract: This article discusses the role of Soviet diplomacy in shaping key decisions that led to the formation and operation of major UN bodies. The study analyses the period of activity of the UN Preparatory Commission, a topic that has not been extensively studied in historical literature. The author emphasises the importance of this preparatory phase in the history of the UN. This phase began with the adoption of the UN Charter in San Francisco in June 1945 and concluded with the convocation of the f
journal: Quaestio Rossica