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Why did Stalin want to create a “buffer zone”?

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Stalin wanted to create a protective barrier between the Soviet Union and western Europe to prevent a possible western-backed land war in mainland Russia.
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Stalin wanted a "buffer zone" so USSR wouldn't get invaded by Germany again. It had previously been invaded twice in the past 30 years
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