1949 ⟶ COMECON Established
January 5 – 8: COMECON founded by USSR and the Eastern Bloc.
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🏢 COMECON Established
January 5 – 8: COMECON founded by USSR and the Eastern Bloc.⟶
Cold WarEastern BlocSoviet UnionEconomic CooperationTradeSocialismPost-WarGeopoliticsIron Curtain
Soviet Union
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Romania🤝 Warsaw Pact Signed
May 14: Signing of the Warsaw Pact.⟶
Cold WarMilitary AllianceSoviet UnionEastern BlocNATOGeopoliticsIdeologyCommunismArms RaceTreaty
Soviet Union
AlbaniaBulgaria
GermanyHungaryPolandRomania🇭🇺 Soviet Suppression of the Hungarian Revolution
November 11: The Hungarian Uprising crushed by Soviet troops.⟶
Cold WarSoviet UnionEastern BlocRevolutionRebellionIron CurtainCommunismKhrushchev
HungarySoviet Union🤝 European Free Trade Association Established
European Free Trade Association formed.⟶
TradeEconomic IntegrationCold WarFree TradeInternational RelationsPost-WarRegionalism
Austria
Denmark
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom🇨🇿 Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia
January – August: Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia crushed by the Eastern Bloc military intervention.⟶
Cold WarEastern BlocSoviet UnionCzechoslovakiaMilitary InterventionCommunismPolitical Repression
Soviet UnionPolandGermanyHungaryBulgaria🧱 Berlin Wall Falls, Eastern Europe Begins Transition
November 9: Fall of the Berlin Wall; the Revolutions of 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Bloc begin in Europe, which leads to the end of the Cold War.⟶
Cold WarEastern BlocSoviet UnionDemocracyGeopoliticsIron Curtain
GermanySoviet UnionPolandHungaryRomania