What were the causes of the conflicts that erupted in the former soviet union?

After ww2, the soviets began setting up what type of governments in countries closest to them

Which statement in the passage best reflects sumer's opinion of the dred scott decision? a."i speak what cannot be denied." b."[the] judgment was sustained by a falsification of history." b."the opinion was more thoroughly abominable than anything history." i speak what cannot be denied when i declare that the opinion of the chief justice in the case of dred scott was more thoroughly abominable than anything of the kind in the history of courts. judicial baseness reached its lowest point on that occasion. you have not forgotten that terrible decision where a most unrighteous judgment was sustained by a falsification of history. -charles sumner, 1865

One of the norms in the village was to meet at the town square on fridays for a community dinner and dance. the underlined word in the sentence above is best defined as a