Statistics report on the economies of the Eastern Bloc during ... Bloc countries during the Cold War, between 1950 and 1991. Following the Second World War, Europe became politically divided ...

The end of the Cold War The Communist government in Russia disintegrated due to economic pressures, the war in Afghanistan and revolt in Eastern Europe. Both Gorbachev and Reagan played major ...

One by one, Communist governments loyal to Moscow seized power in Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. Soviet Communism soon dominated Eastern Europe. The Cold War had begun.