<Tr> <Td> Related organizations (show) <Ul> <Li> Cominform </Li> <Li> COMECON </Li> <Li> Warsaw Pact </Li> </Ul> World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> Cominform </Li> <Li> COMECON </Li> <Li> Warsaw Pact </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Td> Dissent and opposition (show) Forest Brothers <Ul> <Li> in Lithuania </Li> <Li> in Latvia </Li> <Li> in Estonia </Li> </Ul> Operation "Jungle" <Ul> <Li> Ukrainian Insurgent Army </Li> <Li> Goryani movement (Bulgaria) </Li> <Li> Romanian anti-communism </Li> <Li> Polish Cursed Soldiers </Li> </Ul> 1953 uprisings <Ul> <Li> in Plzeň </Li> <Li> in East Germany </Li> </Ul> 1956 protests <Ul> <Li> in Georgia </Li> <Li> in Poznań </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Hungarian Revolution of 1956 </Li> <Li> Novocherkassk massacre (Russia) </Li> </Ul> 1968 events <Ul> <Li> Prague Spring </Li> <Li> Invasion of Czechoslovakia </Li> <Li> Red Square demonstration </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Charter 77 (Czechoslovakia) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Solidarity (Poland) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Jeltoqsan (Kazakhstan) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Braşov Rebellion (Romania) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> January Events (Lithuania) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> The Barricades (Latvia) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> April 9 tragedy (Georgia) </Li> </Ul> <Ul> <Li> Black January (Azerbaijan) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> in Lithuania </Li> <Li> in Latvia </Li> <Li> in Estonia </Li> </Ul>

After world war ii the ussr allowed democracy to spread to eastern europe