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Austria–Soviet Union relations were established in 1924, [1] discontinued in 1938 following German annexation of Austria and renewed following Austrian independence after World War II. [2] The rump Austrian state left after the war eventually joined with Nazi Germany in the Anschluss, and was therefore part of the German invasion of the ...
The Austrian General Strikes of 1950 were organised by the Communist Party of Austria with half-hearted support of the Soviet occupation authorities. In August–October 1950 Austria faced a severe social and economic crisis caused by anticipated withdrawal of American financial aid and a sharp drop in real wages.
The Stör Canal, where Soviet and American forces met on May 4, 1945 [10] Dessau and Pratau, contact being made on 26 April, 1945, [11] an area east of Leipzig; Linz, where Soviet and American armies met in Austria [12] [13] Trieste, where New Zealand units and Yugoslavian partisans made contact on May 3, 1945 [14] [15]
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Austria was divided into four occupation zones and jointly occupied by the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and France. Vienna was similarly subdivided, but the central district was collectively administered by the Allied Control Council.
The treaty re-established a free, sovereign and democratic Austria.The basis for the treaty was the Moscow Declaration of 30 October 1943. The agreement and its annexes provided for Soviet oilfield concessions and property rights of oil refineries in Eastern Austria and the transfer of the assets of the Danube Shipping Company to the USSR.
The Iron Curtain as described by Churchill at Westminster College. Note that Vienna (center, red regions, third down) lies east of the Curtain, as part of the Austrian Soviet-occupied zone of Austria. From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals ...
Soviet people of Austrian descent (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Austria–Soviet Union relations" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
The Eastern Bloc was often called the "Second World", whereas the term "First World" referred to the Western Bloc and "Third World" referred to the non-aligned countries that were mainly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America but notably also included former pre-1948 Soviet ally Yugoslavia, which was located in Europe.