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| − | A term that refers to the "curtain" of communism that fell over Russia and much of Europe at the end of WWII. | + | A term that refers to the "curtain" of communism that fell over Russia and much of Eastern Europe at the end of WWII. These countries pursued somewhat isolationist policies and often restricted travel and basic freedoms. They also heavily guarded their borders with Western European countries. |
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A term that refers to the "curtain" of communism that fell over Russia and much of Eastern Europe at the end of WWII. These countries pursued somewhat isolationist policies and often restricted travel and basic freedoms. They also heavily guarded their borders with Western European countries.