Description

The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (abbreviated as COMECON), operated as an economic bloc from 1949 until 1991, primarily led by the Soviet Union. It encompassed Eastern Bloc nations alongside several socialist states globally.

The term "Comecon" was commonly used to denote all collaborative endeavors among its member countries, not solely limited to the organization's direct operations and functions. This usage also encompassed bilateral interactions among member states. In the framework of communist international economic relations, multilateral agreements, typically of a broad nature, were often implemented through a series of more detailed bilateral arrangements.

Comecon emerged in response to the Marshall Plan and the establishment of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), later evolved into the OECD, in Western Europe.

Engraver: Józef Markiewicz-Nieszcz