Soviet Zone

British  

noun

1. Also called: Russian Zone.  that part of Germany occupied by Soviet forces in 1945–49: transformed into the German Democratic Republic in 1949–50

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Example Sentences

Renata Szmurlo, a nurse who grew up in a Polish town near the Soviet zone and moved to Borne Sulinowo with her family after the Russians left, recalled a carefree youth of cycling past military checkpoints with her friends to visit the town’s shops.

From New York Times

Mary Elise Sarotte: Not only are the allies now failing to cooperate, but there’s actually new hostility arising between what is increasingly becoming the Soviet zone and the Western zone, and things just keep going from bad to worse.

From Slate

Conquered Germany was divided among the former allies into four occupied zones, and its capital, Berlin, was similarly divided, though the entire city lay in the Soviet zone.

From Washington Post

In the third period, with the game tied at 3-3, Pavelich tipped the puck from the boards to the middle of the Soviet zone just as Eruzione was crossing the blueline.

From New York Times

They fled first to the Soviet zone and in April 1940 were offered the choice of becoming Soviet citizens or being repatriated to Poland, now under German occupation.

From New York Times