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The '''Eastern Bloc''' was a group of countries in [[Eastern Europe]] that were [[Socialist state|socialist states]] allied with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]]. After 1968, It included [[German Democratic Republic|East Germany]], [[Polish People's Republic|Poland]], [[Czechoslovak Socialist Republic|Czechoslovakia]], [[Hungarian People's Republic|Hungary]], [[Socialist Republic of Romania|Romania]] and [[People's Republic of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], all of which were part of the [[Warsaw Pact]]. The Eastern Bloc also included [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] until 1948 and [[People's Socialist Republic of Albania|Albania]] until 1961. The Eastern Bloc opposed the [[United States of America|US]]-backed [[Western Bloc]] and [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization|NATO]]<ref>{{Citation|author=David S. Yost|year=1998|title=NATO Transformed: The Alliance's New Roles in International Security|chapter=|section=|page=31|quote=|pdf=https://archive.org/details/natotransformeda0000yost/page/31/mode/2up|city=Washington, DC|publisher=Institute of Peace Press|isbn=187837981X|doi=|lg=|mia=|title-url=|chapter-url=|trans-title=|trans-lang=}}</ref> and was targeted by the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] propaganda outlet [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Free Europe]]. | |||
The '''Eastern Bloc''' was a group of countries in [[Eastern Europe]] that were [[Socialist state|socialist states]] allied with the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]]. After 1968, It included | |||
== Polls == | |||
In Bulgaria, 62% of people say life was better under socialism and 18% say it was about the same. In Hungary, only 8% say life is better now and 72% say it was better under socialism.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2010-04-10|title=End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/communism220px/|newspaper=Pew Research Center|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-01}}</ref> In Romania, 69% say that life was better under socialism.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2014-10-04|title='Con el comunismo se vivía mejor': el 66% de los rumanos votaría al dictador Ceausescu|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2014/04/10/5346de4d268e3e8f598b458c.html|newspaper=El Mundo|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-01}}</ref> 57% of eastern Germans also defended the GDR in 2009 and said that it had more good sides than bad.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Julia Bonstein|date=2009-07-03|title=Majority of Eastern Germans Feel Life Better under Communism|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html|newspaper=Spiegel International|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-01}}</ref> | In Bulgaria, 62% of people say life was better under socialism and 18% say it was about the same. In Hungary, only 8% say life is better now and 72% say it was better under socialism.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2010-04-10|title=End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2009/11/02/end-of-communism-cheered-but-now-with-more-reservations/communism220px/|newspaper=Pew Research Center|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-01}}</ref> In Romania, 69% say that life was better under socialism.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=|date=2014-10-04|title='Con el comunismo se vivía mejor': el 66% de los rumanos votaría al dictador Ceausescu|url=https://www.elmundo.es/internacional/2014/04/10/5346de4d268e3e8f598b458c.html|newspaper=El Mundo|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-01}}</ref> 57% of eastern Germans also defended the GDR in 2009 and said that it had more good sides than bad.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Julia Bonstein|date=2009-07-03|title=Majority of Eastern Germans Feel Life Better under Communism|url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/homesick-for-a-dictatorship-majority-of-eastern-germans-feel-life-better-under-communism-a-634122.html|newspaper=Spiegel International|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=2022-01-01}}</ref> | ||
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