Soviet-occupied zone of Austria

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The Soviet-occupied zone of Austria was the eastern sector of post-World War II Austria administered by the Soviet Union, encompassing Vienna’s Soviet sector and surrounding regions until the country’s full independence in 1955.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
occupation zone ⓘ
after Nazi rule in Austria ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet-controlled Austrian territory ⓘ
appliesToPart eastern Austria ⓘ
capital Vienna (Soviet sector) ⓘ
country Austria ⓘ
demilitarizationStatus ended with withdrawal of Soviet forces in 1955 ⓘ
endCause Austrian State Treaty ⓘ
restoration of Austrian sovereignty ⓘ
endTime 1955 ⓘ
1955-10-25 ⓘ
follows annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany ⓘ
governingBody Soviet Military Administration in Austria ⓘ
hasBorderWith American-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
British-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
French-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
hasPolicy Soviet military administration ⓘ
nationalization of key industries under Soviet control ⓘ
reparations and asset seizures ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1940s in Austria ⓘ
1950s in Austria ⓘ
includes Burgenland (Soviet zone) ⓘ
Lower Austria (Soviet zone) ⓘ
linked to: Lower Austria

Soviet sector of Vienna ⓘ
parts of Upper Austria (Soviet zone) ⓘ
language German ⓘ
legalBasis Allied agreements on the occupation of Austria ⓘ
locatedInTime post-World War II period ⓘ
occupyingPower Soviet Union ⓘ
parallelTo American-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
British-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
French-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
partOf Allied-occupied Austria ⓘ
Cold War occupation zones in Europe ⓘ
linked to: Cold War frontiers

post-World War II Allied occupation of Austria ⓘ
partOfConflict Allied occupation of Central Europe ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
replacedBy independent Republic of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austria
result neutral and independent Austria ⓘ
significantEvent division of Vienna into four sectors ⓘ
withdrawal of Soviet troops from Austria ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
territoryStatus military occupation ⓘ
usedCurrency Allied military currency ⓘ
Austrian schilling ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Provisional Government of Karl Renner (1945) → formedIn → Soviet-occupied zone of Austria ⓘ
Vilnius District of the Home Army → operatedIn → Soviet-occupied territories ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-occupied zone of Austria
Allied occupation of Austria → hasPart → Soviet zone of occupation in Austria ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-occupied zone of Austria
Soviet-occupied zone of Austria → includes → Burgenland (Soviet zone) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet-occupied zone of Austria