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The Eastern Bloc was a group of countries in Eastern Europe that were socialist states allied with the Soviet Union. After 1968, It included the GDR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, all of which were part of the Warsaw Pact. The Eastern Bloc also included Yugoslavia until 1948 and Albania until 1961. The Eastern Bloc opposed the US-backed Western Bloc and NATO[1] and was targeted by the CIA propaganda outlet Radio Free Europe.
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See main article: Communist nostalgia
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.[2] In Romania, 69% say that life was better under socialism.[3] 57% of eastern Germans also defended the GDR in 2009 and said that it had more good sides than bad.[4]
References
- ↑ David S. Yost (1998). NATO Transformed: The Alliance's New Roles in International Security (p. 31). [PDF] Washington, DC: Institute of Peace Press. ISBN 187837981X
- ↑ "End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations" (2010-04-10). Pew Research Center. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ↑ "'Con el comunismo se vivía mejor': el 66% de los rumanos votaría al dictador Ceausescu" (2014-10-04). El Mundo. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
- ↑ Julia Bonstein (2009-07-03). "Majority of Eastern Germans Feel Life Better under Communism" Spiegel International. Retrieved 2022-01-01.