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What were Stalin’s objectives in supporting Communist governments in Eastern Europe?

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Stalin's primary objectives in supporting Communist governments in Eastern Europe were to 1) create a Soviet "block" that could better challenge the capitalist west, and 2) gain more territory from which to take natural resources. 
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