Soviet occupation of Vienna

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The Soviet occupation of Vienna was the period from 1945 to 1955 when the Red Army controlled and administered the Austrian capital following its capture in World War II, before the city’s eventual return to full Austrian sovereignty.

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Label Occurrences
Soviet occupation of Vienna canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War–era event ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Vienna ⓘ
appliesToPart Soviet sector of Vienna ⓘ
central district of Vienna ⓘ
chronology early Cold War ⓘ
country Soviet Union ⓘ
diplomaticContext East–West negotiations over Austria ⓘ
dissolved 1955 ⓘ
endCause Austrian State Treaty of 1955 ⓘ
agreement on Austrian neutrality ⓘ
endTime 1955 ⓘ
followedBy neutral Austria ⓘ
restoration of full Austrian sovereignty ⓘ
follows Battle of Vienna (1945) ⓘ
linked to: Vienna Offensive

Nazi rule in Vienna ⓘ
hasCapital Vienna ⓘ
hasCause World War II ⓘ
defeat of Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasEffect Soviet control of key infrastructure in Vienna ⓘ
limitation of Austrian sovereignty in Vienna ⓘ
political influence of the USSR in Austrian capital ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1940s in Vienna ⓘ
1950s in Vienna ⓘ
inception April 1945 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Austria ⓘ
location Vienna ⓘ
militaryBranch Red Army ⓘ
natureOfStatement historical fact ⓘ
participant Allied Commission for Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
Republic of Austria ⓘ
linked to: Austria

Soviet Military Administration in Austria ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
partOf Allied occupation of Austria ⓘ
history of Vienna ⓘ
post-World War II occupation of Austria ⓘ
pointInTime post-World War II period ⓘ
significantEvent Austrian State Treaty ⓘ
division of Vienna into occupation sectors ⓘ
joint Allied administration of central Vienna ⓘ
withdrawal of Soviet troops from Vienna ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ
usedFor reparations and resource extraction from Austrian territory under Soviet control ⓘ

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

Vienna Offensive → territorialChange → Soviet occupation of Vienna ⓘ
Anschluss-era Austria → hasEvent → Soviet occupation of Vienna ⓘ