During the cold war, what was the soviet union's main objective in engaging in proxy wars against the united states?
a. to free colonial countries
b. to empower developing nations
c. to spread communism
d. to end democracy

The correct answer is C.

During the Cold War era, there were two world superpowers.

On one hand, the URSS, which headed the Eastern bloc of communist countries and aimed to spread their political and economic system worldwide. On the other hand, the US was interested in stopping the expansion of communism, as it promoted a totally different political and economic system: democracy and economic liberalism, and considered communism to be a danger that should be erradicated. With this objective, the US adopted the so-called containment strategy and led the Western bloc of capitalist countries to face the URSS.