Poland was the first noncommunist government within the soviet bloc since 1948.
This was the first government led by a noncommunist since World War II. This government began when Jaruzelski was elected president, and Wałęsa’s adviser, the noted Catholic politician Tadeusz Mazowiecki, became premier.
The Soviet Bloc was the group of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia under the hegemony of the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Cold War.
