A term that refers to the "curtain" of [[communism]] that fell over [[Russia]] and much of [[Eastern Europe]] at the end of [[WWII]]. The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-run governmnets of 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]]. The [[Soviet Union|Soviet]]-run governmnents of these countries pursued somewhat isolationist policies and often restricted travel and basic freedoms. They also heavily guarded their borders with Western European countries.