The two sides of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War were the Soviet Union and Europe. This was a symbolic barrier put up to limit the West's influence.
the divide between the Soviets and the West
Russia was on the other side of the iron curtain-and the main reason why it was created.
Eastern European governments as soviet puppets
Information was transmitted to the other side of the iron curtain by radio stations:Voice of AmericaRadio Free EuropeBBC Russian Service
The iron curtain was an official border (not really iron or a curtain) in the middle of Germany. Its made it clear that West Germany and East Berlin had their own side of the country. But now, they are all one country, Germany but Berlin IS the capital.
The Iron Curtain.
No. It was like invisible, there were only military forces. The term "iron curtain" was just a metaphor.
Yugoslavia and Albania were the cracks in the iron curtain.
Actually the "iron curtain" did not "tighten the soviet hold". The term "iron curtain" was a fictitious symbolic name used by Winston Churchill to describe the hold the Russians had over the Eastern Bloc. The hold the soviets had over eastern Europe was already tight before the term became popular.
The Iron Curtain divided Europe into two halves, east and west. The western democratic countries were on the side of the United States. The eastern communist countries were on the side of the Soviet Union. The Iron Curtain fell when communism collapsed and the eastern European countries became democratic.
Gorbachev is given credit for ending the Iron Curtain.
the iron curtain speaks is a symbol of?