Iron Curtain

3. Soviet labor camps for political prisoners and dissenters.
5. Term for Eastern European countries controlled by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
8. A heavily guarded border crossing, often associated with the Berlin Wall.
9. Divided city during the Cold War, symbolizing the division of East and West.
11. Soviet leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the construction of the Berlin Wall.
12. Political ideology practiced by the Soviet Union and its allies during the Cold War.
13. War Period of political tension between the Soviet Union and the United States post-WWII.
14. Site of a 1945 conference where Allied leaders divided post-war Europe.

1. Berlin Capital of East Germany, separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall.
2. Capital of the Soviet Union, at the heart of the Iron Curtain.
4. East German secret police, known for surveillance and repression.
6. Term coined by Winston Churchill for the division between East and West Europe.
7. Soviet reform policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
8. A country behind the Iron Curtain, split into two nations in 1993.
10. Army Military force of the Soviet Union.