Soviet Bloc (English, name)
expansion: the Soviet Bloc
Senses:
related: word: Western Bloc
tags: comeronym
word: <
tags: comeronym
word: First World#Proper noun
tags: comeronym
glosses: The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually those in Eastern Europe and Asia aligned with the Soviet Union in the Cold War era. Precisely, the term's referent excludes the Soviet Union itself; broadly, it sometimes includes it.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: the Soviet Bloc
tags: canonical