Identify the contributions of van cliburn during the cold war by placing them around his name.

Van Cliburn (1934-2013) was an American pianist that was worldwide known because in 1958, when he was 23 years old and in the middle of the Cold War era and its tensions, he won the International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Moscow was the capital of the Soviet Union, the country that leaded the communist block and that was the US greatest enemy.

The international piano competition was an event designed with the aim of proving the cultural superiority of the Soviet Union, after the very recent victory that the URSS had reached in the space race with the launch of the Sputnik in 1957.

Of course, it would be considered a shame that a foreign artist, and even more an American one, could perform better than the national ones. In fact, the soviet judges asked President Khrushchev if they could give the prize to an American. In this case, prejudices were left apart between two declared enemies, and culture won that night when the prize was given to the best artist, the American pianist.

Top Circle: helped Americans gain  

a better understanding  

of the Soviet people  

during the Cold War

Right Circle: positively portrayed  

American values

Bottom Circle: helped bring Soviets

and Americans together

Left Circle: showed respect for

Russian culture

Explanation: For some reason on Edmentum, order around his name matters.

after world war ii, the united states and the soviet union were the major economic, military, and political powers. the world was bilateral multipolar bipolar unilateral

after world war ii, the united states and the soviet union were the major economic, military, and political powers. the world was bipolar.  

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explanation:

d is the right answer