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What was one factor that made it difficult for Eastern Bloc nation to switch to democratic governments?

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One factor that made it difficult for the Eastern Bloc nations to switch to democratic governments was foreign pressure from the Soviet Union, which it sometimes exercised through military invasions (such as it did in Hungary in 1956).
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