The Eastern Bloc (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War (1947–1991) in opposition to the non-Communist Western BlocThe Eastern Bloc (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War (1947–1991) in opposition to the non-Communist Western BlocThe Eastern Bloc (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War (1947–1991) in opposition to the non-Communist Western BlocThe Eastern Bloc (also the Socialist Bloc, the Communist Bloc and the Soviet Bloc) was the group of Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War (1947–1991) in opposition to the non-Communist Western Bloc
