Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te wā o muri i te pakanga, i whai wāhi tonu te ope Soviet ki ētahi mahi hōia ki tāwāhi. Kei roto i ēnei ko te whakakore i te
te aranga i Tiamana ki te Rāwhiti (1953), te hurihanga o Hungarian (1956) me te whakaekenga o Czechoslovakia (1968). I uru hoki te Soviet Union ki te pakanga i Afghanistan i waenga i te 1979 me te 1989.