HPolitical
structures were reorganized in stages
with Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary,
Romania, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia,
Albania, and East Germany.
HLocal
Communists first cooperated in coalition
governments.
HThis
was followed, beginning in 1947 by the institution of peoples democracies. Communist Governments.
Opposing political
factions were isolated
and then destroyed.
Large land holdings were confiscated,
With the exception of
Poland, farms were
collectivized.
Virtually all industry was
nationalized.