Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944

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The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 was a Soviet-backed takeover that overthrew the existing monarchy-aligned government and brought a communist-dominated regime to power in Bulgaria during the final phase of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political event ⓘ
aim to bring Fatherland Front to power ⓘ
to remove pro-Axis government in Bulgaria ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 9 September coup ⓘ
Bulgarian coup of 9 September 1944 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
context Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe ⓘ
collapse of Nazi Germany ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ
date 1944-09-09 ⓘ
followedBy Bulgarian declaration of war on Germany ⓘ
Bulgarian participation on Allied side against Germany ⓘ
Bulgarian withdrawal from Axis alliance ⓘ
gradual establishment of People's Republic of Bulgaria ⓘ
keyFigure Georgi Dimitrov ⓘ
Kimon Georgiev ⓘ
Todor Zhivkov ⓘ
location Sofia ⓘ
longTermConsequence establishment of one-party communist system in Bulgaria ⓘ
integration of Bulgaria into Eastern Bloc ⓘ
opposedBy monarchist forces in Bulgaria ⓘ
pro-German elements in Bulgarian army ⓘ
organizedBy Bulgarian Agrarian National Union ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party ⓘ
Fatherland Front ⓘ
Zveno movement ⓘ
overthrew government of Konstantin Muraviev ⓘ
partOf World War II ⓘ
politicalAlignmentAfter communist-dominated ⓘ
pro-Soviet ⓘ
precededBy Soviet declaration of war on Bulgaria ⓘ
advance of Red Army into the Balkans ⓘ
resultedIn People's Court trials in Bulgaria ⓘ
Soviet military presence in Bulgaria ⓘ
abolition of multi-party parliamentary democracy in practice ⓘ
alignment of Bulgaria with the Allies ⓘ
beginning of communist rule in Bulgaria ⓘ
end of pro-German government in Bulgaria ⓘ
establishment of communist-dominated government in Bulgaria ⓘ
execution of many former officials and politicians ⓘ
purges of political opponents ⓘ
seizure of power by Fatherland Front ⓘ
supportedBy Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
target government of Konstantin Muraviev ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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Bulgarian royal family → linkedToEvent → Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party → keyEvent → Bulgarian coup d'état of 9 September 1944 ⓘ
subject linked to: BCP
linked to: Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
Balkan theatre of World War II → hasPart → Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 ⓘ
Belgrade Offensive → precededBy → Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 ⓘ
Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 → alsoKnownAs → Bulgarian coup of 9 September 1944 ⓘ
linked to: Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 → precededBy → Soviet declaration of war on Bulgaria ⓘ
linked to: Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944