the Iron Curtain
noun
: the political and military barrier in the past that separated the communist countries of Europe from the rest of Europe
a spy novel that takes place behind the Iron Curtain
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Brzezinski felt a personal sting of betrayal after the Yalta conference in 1945, when the Iron Curtain drew shut across Europe—with Poland on the other side.
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
After the Iron Curtain fell, the Elbe began a remarkable recovery.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Born in the darkest days of the Cold War, the Lockheed Martin U-2 was conceived of as a way of lifting the veil from one of the greatest enigmas of the 1950s: what exactly was going on behind the Iron Curtain separating the West from the Soviet Bloc?
—David Szondy
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
And then there’s the allure of a choir that offered unheard-of opportunities for young women back then, during a moment that saw the Czech Republic and other former Eastern Bloc countries looking beyond the Iron Curtain.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
After the Iron Curtain fell, the Elbe began a remarkable recovery.
—Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
Born in the darkest days of the Cold War, the Lockheed Martin U-2 was conceived of as a way of lifting the veil from one of the greatest enigmas of the 1950s: what exactly was going on behind the Iron Curtain separating the West from the Soviet Bloc?
—David Szondy
august 10, New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
And then there’s the allure of a choir that offered unheard-of opportunities for young women back then, during a moment that saw the Czech Republic and other former Eastern Bloc countries looking beyond the Iron Curtain.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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