Military and political plans of Joseph Stalin in the Korean War

Abstract

The article covers the question of the USSR participation in the Korean War of 1950 – 1953 which have been appreciated differently by the Soviet historiography. In his article the author makes the conclusion that the Korean War gave military and political advantage to the USSR in any way of development of the events. Additionally, Joseph Stalin either thought that the USA would interfere into the War and it wouldn’t be useless for the Soviet Union. Moreover, the head of the USSR took certain efforts in this direction.