Victorious February

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Victorious February is the term used for the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia that brought the country under Soviet-aligned one-party rule.

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Victorious February canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist revolution ⓘ
coup d'état ⓘ
political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs February coup ⓘ
Victorious February 1948 ⓘ
Únor 1948 ⓘ
chronologyWithinCountry after World War II in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
before Prague Spring ⓘ
conflictType internal political crisis ⓘ
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
describedBySource Czechoslovak historiography ⓘ
endDate 1948-02-25 ⓘ
followedBy Czechoslovak Socialist Republic ⓘ
purges of non-communist politicians ⓘ
show trials in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
governmentOverthrown Czechoslovak coalition government ⓘ
hasCause resignation of non-communist ministers ⓘ
hasEffect Soviet alignment of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
beginning of communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
end of parliamentary democracy in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
establishment of communist one-party rule in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
location Prague ⓘ
opposedBy Czechoslovak democratic opposition ⓘ
non-communist parties of the National Front ⓘ
partOf Sovietization of Eastern Europe ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ
history of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
pointInTime February 1948 ⓘ
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet ⓘ
replacedByGovernment communist-dominated government of Klement Gottwald ⓘ
result appointment of a communist-dominated government ⓘ
consolidation of power by Klement Gottwald ⓘ
integration of Czechoslovakia into the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
resignation of President Edvard Beneš ⓘ
significance contributed to the consolidation of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ
marked the definitive communist takeover of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
significantParticipant Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Czechoslovak security forces ⓘ
Edvard Beneš ⓘ
Klement Gottwald ⓘ
Ludvík Svoboda ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
startDate 1948-02-20 ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

February coup → describedAs → Victorious February ⓘ
Victorious February 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Victorious February ⓘ
Únorový převrat → alsoKnownAs → Victorious February ⓘ
Vítězný únor → hasEnglishName → Victorious February ⓘ