Which pipeline connected the Volga-Urals region to Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary?

• A. Friendship Pipeline
• B. Trans-Kontinent Pipeline
• C. Eastern Bloc Pipeline
• D. Volga-Urals Connector

Answer: (A)

Energy supply arteries in the Soviet era bound allied states through long pipelines. The pipeline that connected the Volga-Urals region to Poland, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary is the Friendship Pipeline, also known as Druzhba. Built in the 1960s, it carried large volumes of crude oil from Soviet production to Eastern Bloc consumers, with northern and southern routes feeding different countries. The name “Friendship” reflects the political aim of solidarity among socialist states. This is the best answer because it is the well‑documented trunk line that ran specifically from the Volga‑Urals region into those countries; the other labels aren’t established pipelines that match this route.