Eastern Bloc

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Cold War bloc historical region political bloc

The Eastern Bloc was a group of socialist states in Central and Eastern Europe under the political and military influence of the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

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All labels observed (24)

Label Occurrences
Eastern Bloc canonical 110
Eastern Bloc countries 6
Soviet Bloc 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War bloc ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
political bloc ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eastern Bloc ⓘ
surface form: Communist Bloc

Eastern Bloc ⓘ
surface form: Socialist Bloc

Eastern Bloc ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Bloc
borderFeature Iron Curtain ⓘ
countryMember Albania ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Czechoslovakia ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
surface form: German Democratic Republic

Hungary ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Yugoslavia ⓘ
culturalPolicy socialist realism ⓘ
dissolvedFollowing collapse of the Soviet Union ⓘ
end of the Cold War ⓘ
dominantIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
dominatedBy Communist parties ⓘ
economicOrganization Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ⓘ
economicSystem planned economy ⓘ
endTime early 1990s ⓘ
governmentType one-party state ⓘ
hadCensorship yes ⓘ
hadPoliticalRepression yes ⓘ
hadStateOwnershipOfIndustry yes ⓘ
includedTerritory Baltic states under Soviet control ⓘ
East Germany ⓘ
Eastern Poland ⓘ
influencedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
locatedIn Central Europe ⓘ
Eastern Europe ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
mainSecurityAlliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
surface form: Warsaw Treaty Organization
militaryAlliance Warsaw Pact ⓘ
opposedTo NATO ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
surface form: Western Bloc
politicalSystem socialism ⓘ
securityServiceModel Soviet-style secret police ⓘ
significantEvent Berlin Blockade ⓘ
fall of the Berlin Wall ⓘ
surface form: Fall of the Berlin Wall

Hungarian Revolution of 1956 ⓘ
Solidarity movement ⓘ
surface form: Polish Solidarity movement

Prague Spring ⓘ
Revolutions of 1989 ⓘ
startTime late 1940s ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

Referenced by (143)

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

Eastern Europe → politicallyAssociatedWith → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Polish People’s Army → politicalSystemContext → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Helsinki Accords → signatoryBloc → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern bloc
Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Czechoslovakia–West Germany border → separatedBloc → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Eastern Bloc security forces → operatedIn → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
First World → alignedAgainst → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Vietnam → alliedWith → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Republic of Vietnam → notRecognizedBy → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet bloc states
East Germany → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Czechoslovak Communist Party → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → politicalAlignment → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance → politicalAlignment → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet sphere of influence
Cambodian–Vietnamese War → supporter → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance → region → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
communism → historicallyImplementedIn → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Bloc countries
Układ Warszawski → memberOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Układ Warszawski → appliesToJurisdiction → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Government of North Vietnam → alliedWith → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Revolutions of 1989 → location → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
MGB → operatedIn → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
János Kádár → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Bloc leadership
Polish October 1956 → politicalContext → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet bloc
socialist realism → officialArtDoctrineOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Union of Socialist Youth → historicalContext → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
East German mark → region → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
1952 Summer Olympics → firstTimeParticipation → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc nations
Eastern Bloc → alsoKnownAs → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Communist Bloc
Eastern Bloc → alsoKnownAs → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Bloc
Eastern Bloc → alsoKnownAs → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Socialist Bloc
Polish Workers' Party → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
LWP → alignedWith → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Brezhnev Doctrine → geopoliticalBloc → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Society for German–Soviet Friendship → operatedIn → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
East German National People's Army (logistical support) → politicalAlignment → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
subject surface form: East German National People's Army
SALT I Interim Agreement → geopoliticalBloc → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Basket II → geopoliticalScope → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc
MSZMP → participatedIn → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
National Front of the German Democratic Republic → region → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Tupolev Tu-134 airliner → usedBy → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-134
this entity surface form: Eastern Bloc militaries
Czechoslovak Air Force → alliance → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Służba Bezpieczeństwa → operationalArea → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Central Front → side → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet Bloc
Hallstein Doctrine → opposedBy → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Bloc states
Czechoslovak border guards → geopoliticalContext → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Great National Assembly → politicalContext → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Polish People’s Republic → partOf → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Czechoslovak StB → regionOfOperation → Eastern Bloc ⓘ
Polish–Soviet relations → relatedTo → Eastern Bloc ⓘ