Iron Curtain

E2410

The Iron Curtain was the political, military, and ideological barrier that separated the Soviet-controlled Eastern Bloc from the Western democracies in Europe during the Cold War.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War concept
ideological barrier
military barrier
political barrier
approximateEndDate 1989
associatedWith NATO
Soviet Union
United States
Warsaw Pact
borderType heavily militarized frontier
restricted travel zone
characterizedBy border fortifications
ideological confrontation
military standoff
political division of Europe
restricted flow of information
restricted movement of people
earliestWidespreadUse 1946
endedWith collapse of communist regimes in Eastern Europe
fall of the Berlin Wall
enforcedBy Eastern Bloc security forces
Soviet military presence
geographicalScope Europe
historicalPeriod Cold War
ideologicalSides capitalist West
communist East
included Berlin Wall
Czechoslovakia–West Germany border
Hungary–Austria border
Yugoslavia–Italy border
inner German border
influenced European integration in the West
formation of NATO
formation of the Warsaw Pact
languageOfTerm English
metaphoricalUse describes sharp political or ideological division
notableSpeech Sinews of Peace
relatedConcept bipolarity in international relations
containment policy
domino theory
separated Eastern Bloc
Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe from Western Europe
Western democracies
speechDate 1946-03-05
speechLocation Fulton, Missouri
symbolOf Cold War division
East–West rivalry
bipolar world order
termPopularizedBy Winston Churchill

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cold War hasKeyConcept Iron Curtain
Berlin Wall symbolOf Iron Curtain
fall of the Berlin Wall relatedTo Iron Curtain
Eastern Europe wasDividedBy Iron Curtain
Central Europe politicalDivision Iron Curtain
Yugoslavia–Italy border partOf Iron Curtain
inner German border partOf Iron Curtain
Hungary–Austria border formerPoliticalRole Iron Curtain boundary
linked to: Iron Curtain
Sinews of Peace alternativeTitle Iron Curtain speech
linked to: Iron Curtain
Sinews of Peace introducedTerm Iron Curtain
Sinews of Peace hasMainMetaphor Iron Curtain
Eastern Bloc borderFeature Iron Curtain
Gorizia wasDividedBy Iron Curtain
Leo Tover workedOn The Iron Curtain
linked to: Iron Curtain
Czechoslovak border guards partOfSystem Iron Curtain border regime
linked to: Iron Curtain
Pan-European Picnic Memorial Park locatedOn former Iron Curtain
linked to: Iron Curtain
Pan-European Picnic relatedTo Iron Curtain
Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech coinedOrPopularized the term "Iron Curtain" in the context of postwar Europe
linked to: Iron Curtain
Sinews of Peace speech coinedTerm Iron Curtain
Checkpoint Charlie symbolOf Iron Curtain
Andrew Solt notableWork The Iron Curtain
linked to: Iron Curtain
NATO external border during Cold War includesSection Iron Curtain in Central Europe
linked to: Iron Curtain
Dana Andrews notableWork The Iron Curtain
linked to: Iron Curtain
Ferenc Mészáros associatedWith Iron Curtain