what countries were soviet satellites?
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The term satellite nation was first used to describe certain nations in the Cold War. These were nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union. The satellite nations of the Cold War were Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and East Germany.
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['Northern Cyprus (puppet state of Turkey)', 'Abkhazia (puppet state of Russia)', 'South Ossetia (puppet state of Russia)', 'Transnistria (puppet state of Russia)', "Donetsk People's Republic (puppet state of Russia)", "Luhansk People's Republic (puppet state of Russia)"]
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The USSR's currency was called the Soviet Ruble. The USSR consisted of the following present-day countries: Russia, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan.
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The Cold War The Soviet Union by 1948 had installed communist-leaning governments in Eastern European countries that the USSR had liberated from Nazi control during the war. The Americans and British feared the spread of communism into Western Europe and worldwide.
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['Armenia.', 'Azerbaijan.', 'GeorgiaID', 'Moldova1', 'Uzbekistan1']
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['North Korea. North Korea has been focusing on making nuclear missile technology since the 1970s.', 'Iran. ... ', 'Israel.', 'Pakistan.', 'India.', 'United Kingdom.', 'France.', 'China.']
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Central Asia, as it is defined today, is comprised of five former Soviet republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Missions to the Moon have been conducted by (in alphabetical order), the European Space Agency, India, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, People's Republic of China, Soviet Union, and the United States.
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['Afghanistan (1978–1986)', 'Bangladesh (1975–1981; 1982–1990)', 'Brunei (1962)', 'Burma (Myanmar) (1962–1988; 1988–2011)', 'Khmer Republic (1970–1975)', 'China (1948–1991)', 'Indonesia (1967–1998)', 'Iran (1953–1957; 1978–1979)']
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After World War II, the Soviet Union extended its control into Eastern Europe. It took over the governments in Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, East Germany, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. Only Greece and occupied Austria remained free.
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The end of the Cold War. When Mikhail Gorbachev assumed the reins of power in the Soviet Union in 1985, no one predicted the revolution he would bring. A dedicated reformer, Gorbachev introduced the policies of glasnost and perestroika to the USSR.
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Which countries remained under Soviet control after the end of World War II? It is option C, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria.
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['Kosovo.', 'South Ossetia & Abkhazia.', 'Nagorno-Karabakh.', 'Transnistria or the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.', "New Russia or the Union of People's Republics.", 'The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.', 'The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.', 'Taiwan or the Republic of China.']
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['Armenia.', 'Azerbaijan.', 'Belarus.', 'Estonia.', 'Georgia.', 'Kazakhstan.', 'Kyrgyzstan.', 'Latvia.']
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The United States and the Soviet Union are the only two countries to land a spacecraft on Mars.
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['Albania.', 'Belarus.', 'Bulgaria.', 'China.', 'Cuba.', 'Indonesia.', 'Iran.', 'Kyrgyzstan.']
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The Sputnik crisis was the American reaction to the success of the Sputnik program. It was a key Cold War event that began on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. The launch of Sputnik I rattled the American public.