Original: The Soviet Occupation Zone (; , Sovetskaya zona Germanii, "Soviet Zone of Germany") was the area of central Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on, at the end of World War II.
Simplified: The Soviet Occupation Zone (German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ) or Ostzone , Sovetskaya zona Germanii, "Soviet Zone of Germany") was the area of eastern Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on, at the end of World War II.