USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Marxism–Leninism was the ideological basis for the Soviet Union. It explained and legitimised the CPSU’s right to rule, while explaining its role as a vanguard party.

Detailed explanation-2: -Philosophy in the Soviet Union was officially confined to Marxist–Leninist thinking, which theoretically was the basis of objective and ultimate philosophical truth. During the 1920s and 1930s, other tendencies of Russian thought were repressed (many philosophers emigrated, others were expelled).

Detailed explanation-3: -IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT IN THE COLD WAR At the time, the Soviet Union was a communist nation that was based on the principles of collectivism, while the United States was a modern liberal nation based primarily on the principles of individualism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The goal of the Soviet Union during the Cold War was to keep control of Eastern Europe, and to spread communism. The goal of the United States, along with Britain, was to stop the spread of communism into Western Europe and worldwide.