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Eastern Bloc

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Also known as Soviet Bloc

group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe

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The Eastern Bloc was a group of socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe, primarily under Soviet influence during the Cold War. It matters because these nations' political and economic systems, alliances, and eventual independence shaped modern European history and international relations.

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Participant in
Cold War
Continent
Europe
Conflict
Cold War
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topic's main category
Category:Eastern Bloc
inception
1944-00-00
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1990-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Political alignments in Europe during the Cold War after 1961

Cold War events

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eastern Bloc” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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