East Germany
After World War II the country of Germany ended up dividing into two separate countries. East Germany became a communist country under the control of the Soviet Union. At the same time West Germany was a democratic country and allied with Britain, France, and the United States.

What was communist Berlin like?

The Berlin Wall: Blockade and Crisis The existence of West Berlin, a conspicuously capitalist city deep within communist East Germany, “stuck like a bone in the Soviet throat,” as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev put it. In 1948, a Soviet blockade of West Berlin aimed to starve the western Allies out of the city.

Was Ulyanovsk named after Lenin?

In 1924, the city was renamed Ulyanovsk in honor of Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, who was born in Simbirsk in 1870.

Was East Germany part of the USSR?

listen)), was a state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in eastern Germany as part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line.

Why was the Berlin Wall bad?

The Berlin wall divided families who found themselves unable to visit each other. Many East Berliners were cut off from their jobs. West Berliners demonstrated against the wall and their mayor Willy Brandt led the criticism against the United States who they felt had failed to respond.

What nationality is Vladimir Lenin?

Russian
Soviet
Vladimir Lenin/Nationality

What is Ulyanovsk known for?

About the Creative City: Renamed Ulyanovsk in 1924, the city is consideredto be at the literary heart of the Russian Federation. Now home to 600,000 people, the city is famous for being the birthplace of the novelist Ivan Goncharov (1812- 1871).