The Treaty on Relations Between the USSR and GDR was a treaty between the Soviet Union and German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany, signed on 20 September 1955. The treaty became the legal basis for the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany , and its successor, the Western Group of Forces to maintain its presence in Germany ...

Internally, the GDR bordered East Berlin, the Soviet sector of Allied-occupied Berlin, which was also administered as the country's de facto capital. It also bordered the three sectors occupied by the United States, United Kingdom, and France, known collectively as …

Throughout their existence East Germany and the Soviet Union maintained close diplomatic relations. The Soviet Union was the chief economic and political sponsor of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR). East Germany emerged from the Soviet occupation zone as a legacy of the Second World War.

In 1949, the Soviet Union named its part of Germany Deutsche Demokratische Republik (‘ German Democratic Republic ‘, or GDR). The GDR was ruled by the Socialist Union Party of Germany (SED). This came from a merger of the German Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

2024年12月9日 · The German Democratic Republic (GDR) was the socialist regime that ruled over East Germany from 1949 to 1990. It consisted of the present-day German states of Thüringia, Sachsen-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Sachsen, …

2018年7月9日 · THE FOUNDING OF THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (GDR) was one of several events in 1949 that symbolised the growing intensity of the Cold War. The formation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in April, the …

2025年3月4日 · The German Democratic Republic, or GDR, was a socialist state that existed from 1949 until 1990 in the part of Germany that became a Soviet occupied zone after the Second World War. The USA, France and Great Britain combined their zones to form one state: the Federal Republic of Germany, or FRG.

East Germany was a socialist nation, formed in 1949 following the division of Germany into two parts. It was, in many respects, the epicentre of the Cold War – a border zone where the Soviet bloc and the West abutted, and a proving ground for socialist economic policies.

The founding of the GDR, supported by the Socialist unity and state party (SED), was the Soviet response to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany. During the Cold War, the two German states belonged to different values systems and military alliances.

The Foreign policy of East Germany was characterized by the close ties of East Germany (German Democratic Republic, GDR) to the Eastern Bloc. During its existence, the most important partner was the Soviet Union (USSR), which acted as a protecting power and most important trade and economic partner, which is why the GDR was often called a ...