During the Cold War, the shaded nations were under control of the Soviet Union.
During the cold war, the country that controlled the shaded nations was Soviet Union. Thus the option 2nd is correct.
The cold war refers to the war in which verbal tensions between the nation takes place. After the world war II there was the cold war between the united states of America and Soviet Union.
Earlier the Soviet Union was the group of various European countries such as Poland, East Germany, Lithuania, Ukraine and Russia.
Thus the shaded countries in the above map is controlled by the soviet union. Therefore the option second is correct.
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