+The Warsaw Pact was a collective defense alliance formed in May 1955 by the [Soviet Union](/wiki/soviet_union) and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics. Established during the [Cold War](/wiki/cold_war), it served as a military counterbalance to [NATO](/wiki/nato). The pact formally dissolved in 1991.
+## See also
+- [Cold War](/wiki/cold_war)
+- [NATO](/wiki/nato)
+- [Iron Curtain](/wiki/iron_curtain)
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