February coup
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The February coup was the 1948 Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia that marked the country’s shift into the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| February coup canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2336230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: February coup Context triple: [Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948, alsoKnownAs, February coup]
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A.
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
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B.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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C.
May Coup of 1926
The May Coup of 1926 was a military takeover led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew Poland’s democratic government and ushered in the authoritarian Sanation regime in the Second Polish Republic.
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May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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E.
Coup of 18 Fructidor
The Coup of 18 Fructidor was a decisive 1797 purge by France’s Directory that crushed royalist influence, annulled recent elections, and marked a turn toward more authoritarian republican rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: February coup Target entity description: The February coup was the 1948 Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia that marked the country’s shift into the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc.
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A.
Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII
The Coup of 30 Prairial Year VII was a 1799 political upheaval in revolutionary France in which opposition forces in the legislature forced the resignation of several Directors, significantly weakening the Directory regime shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to power.
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B.
Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI
The Coup of 22 Floréal Year VI was a political purge during the French Directory in 1798, in which the government annulled election results to remove a surge of radical and opposition deputies from the legislature.
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C.
May Coup of 1926
The May Coup of 1926 was a military takeover led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew Poland’s democratic government and ushered in the authoritarian Sanation regime in the Second Polish Republic.
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D.
May Coup d'État
The May Coup d'État was a 1926 military takeover in Poland led by Józef Piłsudski that overthrew the democratic government and established a more authoritarian regime.
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E.
Coup of 18 Fructidor
The Coup of 18 Fructidor was a decisive 1797 purge by France’s Directory that crushed royalist influence, annulled recent elections, and marked a turn toward more authoritarian republican rule.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Communist takeover
ⓘ
coup d'état ⓘ political event ⓘ |
| country | Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| CzechName |
Vítězný únor
ⓘ
Únorový převrat ⓘ |
| describedAs |
Czechoslovak February coup
ⓘ
linked to:
Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
Victorious February ⓘ |
| endDate | 1948-02-25 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
People's democracy in Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
establishment of a Communist regime in Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| follows | Third Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ |
| hasCause | power struggle between Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and non-Communist parties ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
Communist Party monopoly on political power in Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
beginning of four decades of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia ⓘ end of parliamentary democracy in Czechoslovakia ⓘ formation of a new Communist-dominated government ⓘ integration of Czechoslovakia into the Soviet-dominated Eastern Bloc ⓘ resignation of non-Communist ministers ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English ⓘ |
| location | Prague ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Czechoslovak democratic politicians
ⓘ
Western powers ⓘ |
| originalLanguageName | Czech ⓘ |
| participant |
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
ⓘ
linked to:
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Czechoslovak non-Communist parties ⓘ Czechoslovak security forces ⓘ
linked to:
Czechoslovak border guards
Edvard Beneš ⓘ Klement Gottwald ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ |
| partOf |
Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe
ⓘ
early Cold War ⓘ |
| pointInTime | February 1948 ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | pro-Soviet ⓘ |
| result |
Klement Gottwald becomes Prime Minister of a Communist-dominated government
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linked to:
Klement Gottwald
purges of non-Communist elements from state institutions ⓘ suppression of political opposition in Czechoslovakia ⓘ tightening of Soviet control over Czechoslovakia ⓘ |
| significance |
key turning point in Czechoslovak history
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symbolic consolidation of the Eastern Bloc ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Communist-organized worker demonstrations
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mass resignations of non-Communist cabinet ministers ⓘ pressure on President Edvard Beneš to accept a new government ⓘ |
| startDate | 1948-02-20 ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-World War II Europe ⓘ |
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