Únorový převrat

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Únorový převrat is the Czech term for the February 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia, which marked the country's transition to a one-party socialist state under Soviet influence.

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Únorový převrat canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Victorious February ⓘ
Vítězný únor ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Czechoslovakia ⓘ
endDate 1948-02-25 ⓘ
followedBy Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (regime type) ⓘ
hasNameInEnglish February 1948 coup ⓘ
headOfStateDuringEvent Edvard Beneš ⓘ
historicalSignificance marked full incorporation of Czechoslovakia into the Soviet bloc ⓘ
symbolic beginning of high Stalinism in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
languageOfName Czech ⓘ
location Czech lands ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
mainActor Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ⓘ
Klement Gottwald ⓘ
method combination of constitutional procedures and extra-parliamentary pressure ⓘ
mass demonstrations organized by communists ⓘ
use of security forces loyal to communists ⓘ
opposedBy Czechoslovak National Social Party ⓘ
Czechoslovak People's Party ⓘ
Slovak Democratic Party ⓘ
non-communist coalition parties ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe ⓘ
politicalContext growing East–West tensions ⓘ
post-World War II coalition government ⓘ
precededBy Third Czechoslovak Republic ⓘ
primeMinisterDuringEvent Klement Gottwald ⓘ
relatedEvent Marshall Plan rejection by Czechoslovakia ⓘ
postwar Czechoslovak elections of 1946 ⓘ
result collectivization of agriculture (subsequent policy) ⓘ
consolidation of Communist Party power ⓘ
end of parliamentary democracy in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
establishment of a communist regime in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
formation of a new communist-dominated government ⓘ
increased Soviet influence in Czechoslovakia ⓘ
nationalization of key industries ⓘ
persecution of political opposition ⓘ
political purges ⓘ
resignation of non-communist ministers ⓘ
restriction of civil liberties ⓘ
transition to a one-party socialist state ⓘ
significantDate 1948-02-25 ⓘ
startDate 1948-02-20 ⓘ
supportedBy Soviet Union ⓘ
year 1948 ⓘ

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February coup → CzechName → Únorový převrat ⓘ