Iron curtain. What is the iron curtain? My dad says the iron curtain will be going back up soon. ?

Question

what does this mean?

Answer 1

Visit this link I give you in order to get a clear idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtai...

Answer 2

The Iron curtain was the boarder between Western European (UN and Nato countries) and the Eastern European (Warsaw Pact) nations.  Essentially the Eastern European nations of Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Romania to name a few were satellite states under the protection of the Soviet Union joined by an agreement in 1953 (in Warsaw, hence the Warsaw Pact).

What your dad is probably talking about is the recent Russian situation in Georgia which at one time was part of the Soviet Union.  The current leadership in Russia is far more aggressive than that of the west friendly Gorbachev which could really be a cause for concern that Russia may be returning to its communist roots.

Answer 3

"Iron Curtain" is a term used to describe the boundary that separated the Warsaw Pact countries from the NATO countries from about 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The Iron Curtain was both a physical and an ideological division that represented the way Europe was viewed after World War II. To the east of the Iron Curtain were the countries that were connected to or influenced by the former Soviet Union. This included part of Germany (East Germany), Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania (until 1960 when it aligned with China). While Yugoslavia was Communist politically it was not considered to be a part of the Eastern Bloc or behind the Iron Curtain. Josip Broz Tito, the president of Yugoslavia at the time, was able to maintain access with the west while leading a communist country. The other countries to the west of the Iron Curtain had democratic governments.

The term "Iron Curtain" was coined by German politician Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, and made popular by Winston Churchill, who first used it in a public speech in March of 1946. The term was first used to refer to the actual metal barrier that cut the continent in two, but it soon became a reference to the ideological barrier also. When Churchill first referred to the barrier he wasn't trying to emulate the words of von Krosigk. In a telegram directed to US President Harry S. Truman, Churchill spoke about the European situation and said "An iron curtain is drawn down upon their front. We do not know what is going on behind." This became the first official mention of the term Iron Curtain.

Quote from article on the Iron Curtain from wisegeek.com

Answer 4

russia cutting ties with the rest of the world.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_curtai...

Answer 6

The Iron Curtain was the nickname for the boundary (geographical, political, and cultural) between the Communist countries (the former Soviet Union, its satellite nations such as Poland, Yugoslavia, Romania, the Baltic states, East Germany, etc.,  The People's Republic of China, North Korea, etc.) and the "free world".

It was difficult if not almost impossible for most ordinary citizens from these countries to travel outside the Communist bloc, and most visitors from the "free world" were discouraged from traveling to countries within the Communist bloc, or their travel within those countries was severely restricted or supervised by authorities.  

Answer 7

It was an idea way back towards WWII to divide europe into two separate areas. Not a literal curtain, obviously. It wasn't a particularly popular idea (this is me trying to recall history lessons), but your father is probably thinking the curtain will be going back up because of the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia.

Try looking at the wikipedia page for it...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_curtai...

There's bound to be all the information you need there.