However, former Soviet satellite states generally do not recall those actions with the gratitude that Moscow deems appropriate, because that war inaugurated decades of communist dictatorship behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War with the West. . ..…

The Berlin Wall fell; the Soviet Union ceased to exist; the communist bloc in Eastern Europe broke up; the Cold War ended. .   . ..…

The Berlin Wall fell; the Soviet Union ceased to exist; the communist bloc in Eastern Europe broke up; the Cold War ended. . ..…

To understand it, you have to think about things like the Cold War and communist infiltration. ..…