The Soviet Union, in a similar fashion as the United States, had its satellite states. The satellite states of the Soviet Union were located in Eastern and Central Europe, and they served as a protection shield from the West. The nations that were satellite states to the Soviets were East Germany, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria. These states formed a nice barrier for the Soviets from the West, and they were perfectly aligned from the North Sea, down to the border with Greece and Turkey. It has to be mentioned though that the majority of the people in these countries were not very fond of being under the control of the communists, but lot of force was used against them to frighten them and oppress them, so ti took a lot of time for these nations to get free from the communist.
in the olden days there was less of a concern on issues that are major today such as kidnapping so kids could walk free for the most part. also the economy was great and horrble
