<em><u>The eastern area of Germany that was held by the Soviets became the so-called German Democratic Republic (RDA), and the other three formed a single area, which was the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG).
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<em><u>In the following years, the western zone began to prosper while the Soviet side suffered economic problems</u></em>. <u>This, caused millions of Berliners who lived under the communist regime to migrate to West Berlin.
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<u>It is for this reason that Nikita Khrushchev from the GDR orders the construction of a provisional wall that divided the city in two.
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