Eastern Bloc

Summary

Eastern Bloc is a geopolitical group^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of geopolitical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,938 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Eastern Bloc's continent is recorded as Europe^[3].
• Eastern Bloc's instance of is recorded as geopolitical group^[4].
• Eastern Bloc's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 237256236^[5].
• Eastern Bloc's GND ID is recorded as 4075730-4^[6].
• Eastern Bloc's locator map image is recorded as Eastern Bloc (Europe).png^[7].
• Eastern Bloc's subclass of is recorded as political coalition^[8].
• +1944-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Eastern Bloc^[9].
• Eastern Bloc was dissolved in +1990-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• Eastern Bloc's participated in conflict is recorded as Cold War^[11].
• Eastern Bloc's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p366^[12].
• Eastern Bloc's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge834001^[13].
• Eastern Bloc's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Eastern Bloc^[14].
• Eastern Bloc's spoken text audio is recorded as Eastern Bloc.ogg^[15].
• Eastern Bloc's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0181476^[16].
• Eastern Bloc's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte^[17].
• Eastern Bloc's participant in is recorded as Cold War^[18].
• Eastern Bloc's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000349833^[19].
• Eastern Bloc's topic has template is recorded as Template:Eastern Bloc^[20].
• Eastern Bloc's topic has template is recorded as Template:Eastern Bloc sidebar^[21].
• Eastern Bloc's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Austblokka^[22].
• Eastern Bloc's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[23].
• Eastern Bloc's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779530609^[24].
• Eastern Bloc's related image is recorded as Berlin Wall Potsdamer Platz November 1975 looking east crop.jpg^[25].
• Eastern Bloc's RationalWiki ID is recorded as Eastern_Bloc^[26].
• Eastern Bloc's Lex ID is recorded as Østblokken^[27].

Why It Matters

Eastern Bloc ranks in the top 8% of geopolitical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,938 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]