The Iron Curtain<span> was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West and non-Soviet-controlled areas. Im happy to help, if you have any more questions just ask :)</span>
The Iron Curtain was the boundary between the Democratic nations to the West and south, while on the other side of the iron curtain is nations under the Warsaw Pact and is part of the USSR.
