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The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, often abbreviated as Comecon or CMEA, was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries o
Former USSR Comecon headquarters in Moscow.
The executive committee of the COMECON in session.
1974 Medallion 10th Anniversary of Intermetall, that was founded in 1964 in Budapest
Warsaw Pact
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The Warsaw Pact, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc s
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…with and among its closest political and military allies. The East European members of Comecon were also militarily allied with the Soviet Union in the Warsaw Pact. There were three kinds of relationships—besides the 10 full memberships—with the Comecon…
The Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, where the Warsaw Pact was established and signed on 14 May 1955.
Conference during which the Pact was established and signed.
A typical Soviet military vehicle UAZ-469, used by most countries of the Warsaw Pact
Meeting of the seven representatives of the Warsaw Pact countries in East Berlin in May 1987. From left to right: Gustáv Husák (Czechoslovakia), Todor Zhivkov (Bulgaria), Erich Honecker (East Germany), Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Union), Nicolae Ceaușescu (Romania), Wojciech Jaruzelski (Poland), and János Kádár (Hungary)