Government extant until 1992 the polish people s republic 1944 1989 the people s republic of bulgaria 1946 1990 the people s republic of romania 1947 1965 the czechoslovak socialist republic 1948 1989.
List of soviet satellite states.
In the west they were called satellites because they clung closely to the soviet union like satellites round a planet.
One important thing to remember.
By 1945 east germany poland czechoslovakia hungary and albania had all been added to the list as soviet satellite states.
These countries included albania poland bulgaria romania czechoslovakia hungary and east germany.
Between 1945 and 1949 stalin created a russian empire in eastern europe.
Although yugoslavia had a communist government marshal tito remained independent of control from moscow.
These were called satellite states because they bordered russia and while the nations were technically independent they were under soviet control.
The soviet satellite states were yugoslavia albania czechoslovakia east germany poland romania and hungary.
Pages in category soviet satellite states the following 13 pages are in this category out of 13 total.
This empire included poland hungary romania bulgaria czechoslovakia and east germany.
The people s socialist republic of albania satellite 1944 1960.
Soviet satellite states in europe included.