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After World War II, why did the Soviet Union take over a number of countries to its west?

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Because it could. These countries (Baltic States) have strategic value because of their location (ports, places for airports). Also the governing ideology in the SU that time was a communism which supported a global revolution, uniting the whole world under in a communist utopia. 
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a. to create a buffer zone between itself and the Western powers

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