Brainliestttme : ) how did the soviet union try to maintain control?

To maintain control, the Soviets created the "Warsaw Pact" in 1955. Which is a military alliance tied with other soviet nations.

In addition, the Soviet Union brought nations under their control in Eastern Europe and made them into satellite nations. The main purpose for all of this, was to create a buffer to protect themselves against any type of invasion from the western nations.

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answer: in october 1962, an american u-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. president kennedy did not want the soviet union and cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. he met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.

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