Iron Curtain

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Cold War concept ideological barrier military barrier political barrier

The Iron Curtain was the political, military, and ideological barrier that separated the Soviet-controlled Eastern Bloc from the Western democracies in Europe during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Iron Curtain canonical 18
The Iron Curtain 3
Iron Curtain border regime 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War concept ⓘ
ideological barrier ⓘ
military barrier ⓘ
political barrier ⓘ
approximateEndDate 1989 ⓘ
associatedWith NATO ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Warsaw Pact ⓘ
borderType heavily militarized frontier ⓘ
restricted travel zone ⓘ
characterizedBy border fortifications ⓘ
ideological confrontation ⓘ
military standoff ⓘ
political division of Europe ⓘ
restricted flow of information ⓘ
restricted movement of people ⓘ
earliestWidespreadUse 1946 ⓘ
endedWith collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
enforcedBy Eastern Bloc security forces ⓘ
Soviet military presence ⓘ
geographicalScope Europe ⓘ
historicalPeriod Cold War ⓘ
ideologicalSides capitalist West ⓘ
communist East ⓘ
included Berlin Wall ⓘ
Czechoslovakia–West Germany border ⓘ
Hungary–Austria border ⓘ
Yugoslavia–Italy border ⓘ
inner German border ⓘ
influenced European integration in the West ⓘ
formation of NATO ⓘ
formation of the Warsaw Pact ⓘ
languageOfTerm English ⓘ
metaphoricalUse describes sharp political or ideological division ⓘ
notableSpeech Sinews of Peace ⓘ
relatedConcept bipolarity in international relations ⓘ
containment policy ⓘ
domino theory ⓘ
separated Eastern Bloc regimes ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Bloc

Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe from Western Europe ⓘ
Western democracies ⓘ
speechDate 1946-03-05 ⓘ
speechLocation Fulton, Missouri ⓘ
symbolOf Cold War division ⓘ
East–West rivalry ⓘ
bipolar world order ⓘ
termPopularizedBy Winston Churchill ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cold War → hasKeyConcept → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Berlin Wall → symbolOf → Iron Curtain ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall → relatedTo → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Eastern Europe → wasDividedBy → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Central Europe → politicalDivision → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Czechoslovakia–West Germany border → partOf → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Yugoslavia–Italy border → partOf → Iron Curtain ⓘ
inner German border → partOf → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Hungary–Austria border → formerPoliticalRole → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Curtain boundary
Sinews of Peace → alternativeTitle → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Curtain speech
Sinews of Peace → introducedTerm → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Sinews of Peace → hasMainMetaphor → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Eastern Bloc → borderFeature → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Gorizia → wasDividedBy → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Leo Tover → workedOn → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iron Curtain
Czechoslovak border guards → partOfSystem → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Curtain border regime
Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park → locatedOn → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Iron Curtain
Pan-European Picnic → relatedTo → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech → famousPhrase → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech → coinedOrPopularized → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: the term "Iron Curtain" in the context of postwar Europe
Sinews of Peace speech → coinedTerm → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Checkpoint Charlie (border crossing to West Berlin) → symbolOf → Iron Curtain ⓘ
subject surface form: Checkpoint Charlie
Andrew Solt → notableWork → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iron Curtain
NATO external border during Cold War → includesSection → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Iron Curtain in Central Europe
NATO external border during Cold War → associatedWith → Iron Curtain ⓘ
Dana Andrews → notableWork → Iron Curtain ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Iron Curtain
Ferenc Mészáros → associatedWith → Iron Curtain ⓘ