Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania were among the Eastern Bloc Nations. The term "Eastern Bloc" was used by NATO nations to describe nations in Eastern Europe which were formally states under the control of the Soviet Union.
Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania were among the Eastern Bloc nations.
During the Cold War, the Eastern Bloc was the group of socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe led by the Soviet Union and facing the Western Bloc, composed mainly of the United States and Western Europe.
The Eastern Bloc comprised the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, east of the Iron Curtain (with the exception of Yugoslavia), economically linked by the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) and militarily by the Warsaw Pact.
Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania were among the Eastern Bloc nations during the Cold War, which included socialist countries under Soviet influence. They were part of the Warsaw Pact and were characterized by limited political freedoms and economic cooperation through COMECON. The influence of the Soviet Union on these nations lasted until the late 1980s when they began to pursue reforms.
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