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Definition 2024

(historical) The largely Communist countries of the eastern world, usually Eastern Europe and especially in the Cold War era.

The largely Communist countries of the eastern world

German: Ostblock (de) m
Japanese: 東側諸国 ‎(ひがしがわしょこく, Higashi-gawa shokoku)
Mongolian: Зүүн эвсэл ‎(Züün evsel)
Polish: blok wschodni m
Romanian: Blocul Răsăritean n, Lagărul Socialist, Blocul Comunist n
Russian: Восто́чный блок m ‎(Vostóčnyj blok), ("socialist camp") Социалисти́ческий ла́герь m ‎(Socialistíčeskij lágerʹ)
Swedish: östblocket