Original: 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.
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.