what countries were satellites of the soviet union
Satellite state
The People's Socialist Republic of Albania (Satellite 1944–1960; government extant until 1992)
The Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)
The People's Republic of Bulgaria (1946–1990)
The People's Republic of Romania (1947–1965)
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1948–1960 and again 1968–1989)
The German Democratic Republic (1949–1990)
The Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)