List of Soviet and Eastern Bloc defectors (fictional)

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Soon after the formation of the Soviet Union, emigration restrictions were put in place to keep citizens from leaving the various countries of the Soviet Socialist Republics, though some defections still occurred. During and after World War II, similar restrictions were put in place in non-Soviet countries of the Eastern Bloc, which consisted of the Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe (except Communist Yugoslavia) and the People's Republic of Mongolia.

Until 1952, however, the Inner German border between East Germany and West Germany could be easily crossed in most places. Accordingly, before 1961, most of that east–west flow took place between East and West Germany, with over 3.5 million East Germans emigrating to West Germany before 1961. On August 13, 1961, a barbed-wire barrier, which would become the Berlin Wall separating East and West Berlin, was erected by East Germany.

Although international movement was, for the most part, strictly controlled, there was a steady loss through escapees who were able to use ingenious methods to evade frontier security. Numerous notable Eastern Bloc citizens defected to non-Eastern Bloc countries.

The following list of Eastern Bloc defectors contains notable defectors from East Germany, the Soviet Union, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Albania before those countries' conversions from Communist states in the early 1990s.

Defections violating emigration restrictions of the Eastern Bloc countries

Defector	Profession/ Prominence	Country	Year	Notes
Tünde Fejér	ballet	Hungary	1955	Defected to France
Bács Völgyi	actor	Hungary	1959	Defected to United States; later moved to Canada
Kiều Mẫn Hoàng	North Vietnamese Army	North Vietnam	1967	Defected to Australia via Thailand
Vespasian Duță	painter	Romania	1968	Defected to West Germany
Zu Qiangsheng	People's Liberation Army Ground Force	China	1969	Defected to Japan; served in French Foreign Legion after defecting
Avtonom Derevyanko	ballet	Russia	1969	Defected on tour in Australia
Zoya Rodionova	ballet	Russia	1970	Defected on tour in Ireland; settled in Canada
Marek Rüütel	Soviet Navy	Estonia	1970	Abandoned a Soviet frigate in international waters; settled in New Zealand
Mieczysław Fiedorowicz	photographer	Poland	1971	Fled to Canada after ban on his work
Kolë Thaçi	UN representative	Albania	1974	Defected to Italy; claimed to have been involved in the engineering of Eastern Bloc influence in the United Nations
Joosep Lõhmus	illustrator	Estonia	1979	Defected to Finland; settled in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada