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| − | '''The Eastern Bloc''' (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union ([[USSR]]) during the [[Cold War]] (1947–1991) in opposition to the capitalist [[Western Bloc]]. | + | '''The Eastern Bloc''' (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union ([[USSR]]) during the [[Cold War]] (1947–1991) in opposition to the capitalist [[Western Bloc]].<ref>http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/cold-war-on-file/eastern-bloc-support-czechoslovakia/</ref> |
The term was coined by [[NATO]] <ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/us/natohq/declassified_138294.htm</ref> | The term was coined by [[NATO]] <ref>https://www.nato.int/cps/us/natohq/declassified_138294.htm</ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:44, 20 August 2019
The Eastern Bloc (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War (1947–1991) in opposition to the capitalist Western Bloc.[1]
