The term "Iron Curtain" dates from after the WW 2 and Nazi era. The eastern European countries behind the so-called curtain were dominated by the Soviet Union.
The European Union was founded by Western European countries while Eastern European countries were still occupied by the Soviet Union.
Ukraine is the largest of the European countries that were part of the Soviet Union.
The Warsaw Pact.
Spain
the warsaw pact
WARSAW Pact countries.
they were called satellites
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A group of communistic countries, under the rule of the Soviet Union, that were located in Europe and blocked the Soviet Union from European attacks.
Peyton
Not all All Eastern European Countries were part of the Soviet Union (USSR) of them. The following European countries were part of the USSR before its disintegration in 1992: Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova. Plus the three Caucasus countries which are sometimes considered part of Europe: Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.