11.   The Russians will play the Czech Republic on Wednesday, a meeting of old Eastern bloc rivals and the best of the four games starting the round.

12.   The re-structuring of industry throughout East Germany and the collapse of some of the old communist bloc markets has led to a radical restructuring of economic life.

13.   The two companies had produced many of the same optical instruments, though mainly for their respective markets in the old Soviet bloc and the West.

14.   With a small number of NATO members and a common enemy, the old Soviet bloc, it was relatively simple.

15.   Zhivkov, the longest-serving leader in the old Soviet bloc and last prominent survivor of its old guard, was a conventional party apparatchik.

16.   Perhaps faster than any other city in the old East bloc, stunning Prague changed tracks.

17.   EU leaders said the reforms would allow the EU to move ahead with plans to bring in new members from the old East bloc.

18.   Russia provided the trains for the metro, and the project started decades ago when Bulgaria was firmly part of the old Soviet bloc.

19.   Russia provided the trains for the metro, and the project started decades ago when Bulgaria was part of the old Soviet bloc.

20.   The Czech Republic is among a batch of countries from the old East bloc hoping to join the European Union early next century.