Peaceful Coexistence

Peaceful coexistence (Russian: Мирное сосуществование, romanized: Mirnoye sosushchestvovaniye) was a theory developed and applied by the Soviet Union at various points during the Cold War in the context of primarily Marxist–Leninist foreign policy and was adopted by Soviet-allied socialist states that they could peacefully coexist with the capitalist bloc (i.e., U.S.-allied states). This was in contrast to the antagonistic contradiction principle that socialism and capitalism could never coexist in peace. The Soviet Union applied it to relations between the western world, particularly between the United States and NATO countries and the nations of the Warsaw Pact. Debates over differing interpretations …

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1 January 2017 English

“The socialist system has won in our country,” Antonín Novotný, the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, triumphantly declared at a national party conference on July 5, 1960, and …

far from Europe. Here, the doctrine of “peaceful coexistence” survived and was reinforced throughout


UCL: University College London · 1 January 2017 English

In the Cold War Eastern Europe collection, historians have an invitation to explore the variety and complexity of the cultural Cold War. The explosion in cultural traffic across the Iron …

discussion of the Soviet case, see Mark Smith, “Peaceful Coexistence at All Costs: Cold War Exchanges between no. 3 (2013): 297–323. 15 See Smith, “Peaceful Coexistence at All Costs.” 14 See https://treaties


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 1 January 2017 English

As well as heralding a series of momentous changes within Soviet domestic politics and society, the death of Stalin on March 5, 1953 also brought forward important shifts of tone …

the crimes of Stalin, and confirmed that peaceful coexistence with the capitalist world was now accepted emancipatory and anti-colonial message. While peaceful coexistence, as practiced under the Soviet Union’s post-Stalin


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

A file of documents concerning Anglo-Czechoslovak political relations. Subjects discussed in the file include the settlement of British financial claims against Czechoslovakia; the return of wartime gold to Czechoslovakia; Anglo-Czechoslovak …

international relations. This Leninist aim of peaceful coexistence of nations also, became the main pillar nations of the world and contribute to peaceful coexistence and to good rela- tions among countries continuation of the process of detente, for peaceful coexistence of nations, and lasting peace for all mankind


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

to peace. They supported the policies of peaceful coexistence and detente and judged the growth of peace


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Committee meeting as evidence of a policy of peaceful coexistence and economic cooperation. He included stock


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

for a better relationship. He defined peaceful coexistence, not in the classic terms of a struggle personally for a better relationship. He defined peaceful coexistence, not in the classic terms of a struggle


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

SENSIBLE A L T E R N A T I V E TO THE PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE OF STATES IT MUST BE ADMITTED THAT ITS


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 German

A file containing documents relating to quadripartite rights and responsibilities in Berlin. Subjects covered in the file include the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Quadripartite Agreement; …

GDR, said that the agreement showed what peaceful coexistence and negotiation could achieve. The treaty


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

positive contribution of the policy of peaceful coexistence promoted by the USSR and other socialist


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