East
The Eastern bloc, the communist bloc, or the Soviet bloc, which refers to the communist states of Eastern Europe and Central Europe in the past, leads to Yugoslavia and Albania with the members of the Warsaw Pact, Yugoslavia in 1948, Albania in 1960 with the Soviet Union : 19: 156 At first, the communist governments of each country were built on the basis of block politics, with the restriction of Soviet immigration and extensive political and media control. Events such as the Tito-Stalin breakup or the Berlin blockade have tightened control within the block. While the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Warsaw Pacts were undergoing a revolt, the planned economy of the Eastern Europe had experienced inefficiency and recession before the block was dissolved. The term "Eastern Europe" sometimes refers to countries outside Europe that have allied with the Soviet Union.