Editing Soviet Union (section)

==== World War II (1939–1945) ====
{{Main|Causes of World War II|Diplomatic history of World War II#Soviet Union}}
Up until his death in 1953, [[Joseph Stalin]] controlled all foreign relations of the Soviet Union during the [[interwar period]]. Despite the increasing build-up of [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]'s war machine and the outbreak of the [[Second Sino-Japanese War]], the Soviet Union did not cooperate with any other nation, choosing to follow its own path.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Beloff |first=Max |title=The Foreign Policy Of Soviet Russia (1929–1941), Volume Two |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=1949 |page=2}}</ref> However, after [[Operation Barbarossa]], the Soviet Union's priorities changed. Despite previous conflict with the [[United Kingdom]], [[Vyacheslav Molotov]] dropped his post war border demands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.e-ir.info/2011/11/23/the-evolution-of-stalins-foreign-policy-during-word-war-two/ |website=E-International Relations |title=The Evolution of Stalin's Foreign Policy during World War Two |last=Strachan |first=Frederick |date=23 November 2011 |access-date=12 February 2022 |archive-date=13 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220213005104/https://www.e-ir.info/2011/11/23/the-evolution-of-stalins-foreign-policy-during-word-war-two/ |url-status=live}}</ref>