Eastern Bloc

Cultural  

1. The name applied to the former communist states of eastern Europe, including Yugoslavia and Albania, as well as the countries of the Warsaw Pact. (See also European Union and Iron Curtain.)

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Example Sentences

An AI-generated image soon circulated of Underwood’s familiar scowl—only this time, he was wearing an orange tracksuit in front of an Soviet-style apartment complex looking every bit an Eastern bloc taskmaster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

From the mid-1950s Eurovision quickly established itself as a big deal in Western Europe, while in the Eastern bloc song festivals in Czechoslovakia and Poland acquired the occasional tag of 'Intervision'.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

As a student in Europe, I recall encountering Poles, Hungarians, Yugoslavs and other Eastern bloc nationals living in Western Europe — not as exiles, but as contract workers or students.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

The general approach of the United States has been to encourage the adoption of democracy and economic reforms in these former Eastern bloc countries.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

Former high-ranking members of the government, military, and intelligence branches of the Eastern bloc and the Soviet Union.

From Oberheim (Voices) by Leadem, Christopher