Second World

Former group of states aligned with the Soviet Union Political alignments in Europe during the Cold War after 1961 Eastern Bloc Republics of the USSR Armenia Azerbaijan Byelorussia Estonia Georgia Kazakhstan Kirghizia Latvia Lithuania Moldova Russia Tajikistan Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Allied and satellite states Afghanistan (1978–1989) Albania (until 1961) Angola Benin Bulgaria China (until 1961) Congo Cuba Czechoslovakia (until 1989) East Germany (until 1989) Ethiopia (Derg) Grenada (1979–1983) Hungary (until 1989) Kampuchea (State of Cambodia) Laos Mongolia Mozambique North Korea Poland (until 1989) Romania (until 1989) Somalia (until 1977) South Yemen Vietnam (North Vietnam, PRG) Yugoslavia (1945–1948) Related organizations Warsaw Pact Comecon Cominform World Federation of Trade Unions World Federation of Democratic Youth Opposition Anti-Soviet partisans Albania Bulgaria Croatia Poland Romania Serbia Ukraine Guerrilla war in the Baltic states Soviet occupation Estonia Latvia Lithuania Operation Jungle Protests and uprisings Poland 1944–1989 Poznań 1956 1980–89 Plzeň 1953 East Germany 1953 Georgia 1956 Hungary 1956 Quỳnh Lưu 1956 Novocherkassk 1962 Prague 19