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welshguyinpolaThreads: 32 Posts: 462 Joined: Jan 9, 08 ♂	Apr 3, 11, 21:35 #1
I should be ashamed I know, but I relly cant find an English word for the above. It is a word used to refer to all the countries behind the eastern side of the iron curtain. Can someone help me?? Thanks in advance for your help

AdamKadmonThreads: 38 Posts: 1,120 Joined: Apr 23, 10 ♂	Apr 3, 11, 21:40 #2
Blok wschodni (blok socjalistyczny, kraje demokracji ludowej – KDL, kraje komunistyczne, potocznie demoludy Eastern block countries; people's democracies; in Polish (DEMOkracja LUDowa thus called 'demoludy')

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Apr 3, 11, 21:43 #3
Demoludy were an ironic/pejorative shortcut for demokracje ludowe (people's democracies), but I don't think you can translate that into English other than through some description. Those countries used to be known as the Soviet bloc, eastern bloc, communist countries, captive nations, iron-curtain states, etc.

welshguyinpolaThreads: 32 Posts: 462 Joined: Jan 9, 08 ♂	Apr 3, 11, 21:44 #4
Thanks for ur help.

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