I believe you meant the red scare"" ... it was mass hysteria scare over the spread of communism in the US and the rest of the world
Slavic and Scandinavian countries are very rich in resources, and Russia wanted to control most trade in Europe until the collapse of the Soviet Union. More trade = More power and they were still recovering after the HARD losses when the Germans' invaded Leningrad and the war.
Mr. Thomas edison invented the light bublb with several other people.