The Soviet Occupation Zone ( ; , `` Sovetskaya okkupatsionnaya zona Germanii '' , `` Soviet Occupation Zone of Germany '' ) was the area of central Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on , at the end of World War II .
, 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 .