WORLD 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. For instance, the ideology explained that the CPSU’s policies, even if they were unpopular, were correct because the party was enlightened.

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 Cold War was an era of competing ideologies: the USA promoted democracy & capitalism while the USSR tried to spread communism.