The former Yugoslavia was NOT behind the Iron Curtain, it was Socialist and NOT Communist. Tito played the political balance quite well buring from the West and selling to the East i.e. Russia.
Oh dear...
Let me clearify something here.
Ma, as you know, I was born and lived a big part of my adult life in Hu.
The official position there was this:
the only country "building communism" was the USSR
all the other countries (behind the IC) were "building socialism"
This is what was taught in schools, was heard and read in the media all the time.
So officialy a communist country didn't even exist!
I have always sort of considered The Balkans Eastern Europe but Greece is part of the Balkans and is never considered Eastern Europe.
Eastern Europe means (in this case) a country's political NOT geographical position.So Greece and Turkey are not part of it, even though they ARE Estern European countries.
Heck, a lot more than Hu or East Germany!
Anyone for Sarma, Cevapcici, ajvar, and so on?
Oh yes MA, all of the above!
Keep them coming!