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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 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]
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.
Whereas Germany was divided into East and West Germany in 1949, Austria remained under joint occupation of the Western Allies and the Soviet Union until 1955; its status became a controversial subject in the Cold War until the warming of relations known as the Khrushchev Thaw. After Austrian promises of perpetual neutrality, Austria was ...
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 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 ...
Though Sadat sought to maintain good relations with the Soviet Union, he was also willing to consider economic assistance from nations outside the Arab region and the Eastern Bloc as well. In 1971, Sadat, hoping to help the nation's economy recover from its losses in the Six-Day War, officially changed the UAR's name back to Egypt and signed a ...
The group brought together neutral countries of Austria, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland on one, and non-aligned SFR Yugoslavia, Cyprus and Malta on the other hand, all of which together shared interest in preservation of their independent non-bloc position with regard to NATO, European Community, Warsaw Pact and the Council for Mutual Economic ...