Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948

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Cold War event coup d’état political event

The Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 was a Communist Party–led takeover that ended multiparty democracy in Czechoslovakia and established a pro-Soviet communist regime at the start of the Cold War.

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Label	Occurrences
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état	4
Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948	3
Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 canonical	2
Únor 1948	2
1948 Czechoslovak coup d’état	1
Communist Party takeover of Czechoslovakia	1
Communist coup in Czechoslovakia	1
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia	1
Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in February 1948	1
Czechoslovak February coup	1
Czechoslovak coup d’état of February 1948	1
Day of the Victorious February in communist-era Czechoslovakia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T349324 — 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: Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
Context triple: [Czechoslovakia, significantEvent, Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948]

A. Prague Spring
Prague Spring was a brief period of political liberalization and reform in communist Czechoslovakia in 1968 that was ultimately crushed by a Soviet-led invasion.
B. Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a nationwide uprising against Soviet-imposed policies and control in Hungary, briefly challenging communist rule before being violently suppressed by Soviet forces.
C. Slovak National Uprising
The Slovak National Uprising was a major 1944 anti-Nazi insurrection in World War II Slovakia, led by resistance forces seeking to overthrow the collaborationist regime and restore Czechoslovakia.
D. Polish October 1956
Polish October 1956 was a political thaw and reform movement in communist Poland that led to the rise of Władysław Gomułka and a partial loosening of Soviet control.
E. Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989 were a wave of largely peaceful uprisings that led to the collapse of communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe and marked the end of the Cold War era.
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: Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
Target entity description: The Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 was a Communist Party–led takeover that ended multiparty democracy in Czechoslovakia and established a pro-Soviet communist regime at the start of the Cold War.

A. Prague Spring
Prague Spring was a brief period of political liberalization and reform in communist Czechoslovakia in 1968 that was ultimately crushed by a Soviet-led invasion.
B. Hungarian Revolution of 1956
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was a nationwide uprising against Soviet-imposed policies and control in Hungary, briefly challenging communist rule before being violently suppressed by Soviet forces.
C. Slovak National Uprising
The Slovak National Uprising was a major 1944 anti-Nazi insurrection in World War II Slovakia, led by resistance forces seeking to overthrow the collaborationist regime and restore Czechoslovakia.
D. Polish October 1956
Polish October 1956 was a political thaw and reform movement in communist Poland that led to the rise of Władysław Gomułka and a partial loosening of Soviet control.
E. Revolutions of 1989
The Revolutions of 1989 were a wave of largely peaceful uprisings that led to the collapse of communist regimes across Central and Eastern Europe and marked the end of the Cold War era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War event ⓘ coup d’état ⓘ political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	February coup ⓘ Victorious February ⓘ Únor 1948 ⓘ linked to: Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
cause	Communist control of key ministries including the Interior Ministry ⓘ power struggle between communists and non-communists in the National Front government ⓘ pressure from the Soviet Union to secure a friendly regime ⓘ
commemoratedAs	Day of the Victorious February in communist-era Czechoslovakia ⓘ linked to: Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
consequence	establishment of a one-party state ⓘ integration of Czechoslovakia into the Eastern Bloc ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ
country	Czechoslovakia ⓘ
endDate	1948-02-25 ⓘ
followedBy	adoption of the Ninth-of-May Constitution ⓘ establishment of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ pro-Soviet communism ⓘ
impact	contributed to the formation of NATO ⓘ strengthened Western support for the Marshall Plan ⓘ
keyFigure	Edvard Beneš ⓘ Jan Masaryk ⓘ Klement Gottwald ⓘ Ludvík Svoboda ⓘ Václav Nosek ⓘ
ledBy	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ⓘ linked to: Czechoslovak Communist Party
legalForm	government reshuffle approved by the president ⓘ
location	Prague ⓘ
method	mass demonstrations organized by communists ⓘ political pressure on President Edvard Beneš ⓘ use of security forces controlled by the Communist Interior Ministry ⓘ
opposedBy	non-communist parties of the National Front ⓘ
partOf	Sovietization of Eastern Europe ⓘ linked to: Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe early Cold War crises ⓘ
politicalContext	start of the Cold War ⓘ
precededBy	Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 ⓘ
relatedEvent	suspicious death of Jan Masaryk in March 1948 ⓘ
result	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized full political power ⓘ beginning of four decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia ⓘ end of multiparty democracy in Czechoslovakia ⓘ establishment of a pro-Soviet communist regime ⓘ formation of a new communist-dominated government ⓘ resignation of non-communist ministers ⓘ
significantDate	1948-02-25 ⓘ
startDate	1948-02-17 ⓘ
supportedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ

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