Back الإدارة العسكرية السوفيتية في ألمانيا Arabic Administració militar soviètica a Alemanya Catalan Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland German Σοβιετική Στρατιωτική Διοίκηση στη Γερμανία Greek Administración Militar Soviética en Alemania Spanish Nõukogude Liidu sõjaline administratsioon Saksamaal Estonian Administration militaire soviétique en Allemagne French Amministrazione militare sovietica in Germania Italian 在独ソ連軍政府 Japanese Германияда совет аскер администрация KRC
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The Soviet Military Administration in Germany (Russian: Советская военная администрация в Германии, СВАГ; Sovyetskaya Voyennaya Administratsiya v Germanii, SVAG; German: Sowjetische Militäradministration in Deutschland, SMAD) was the Soviet military government, headquartered in Berlin-Karlshorst, that directly ruled the Soviet occupation zone in Germany from the German surrender in May 1945 until after the establishment of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in October 1949.
According to the Potsdam Agreement in 1945, the SMAD was assigned the eastern portion of present-day Germany, consisting mostly of central Prussia. Prussia was dissolved by the Allies in 1947 and this area was divided between several German states (Länder). German lands east of the Oder-Neisse line were annexed by Soviet Union or granted to Poland, and Germans living in these areas were forcibly expelled, having had their property expropriated and been robbed of most of their belongings whilst in transit to the American, British, and Soviet zones.