Saur Revolution

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The Saur Revolution was the 1978 coup in Afghanistan that brought a communist government to power, triggering internal conflict and ultimately leading to Soviet military intervention.

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Generate an image of the Saur Revolution (The Saur Revolution was the 1978 coup in Afghanistan that brought a communist government to power, triggering internal conflict and ultimately leading to Soviet military intervention.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état ⓘ
revolution ⓘ
aftermath escalation of armed resistance by Islamist and traditionalist groups ⓘ
establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
power struggle within the PDPA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs April Revolution ⓘ
Saur Coup ⓘ
linked to: Saur Revolution

Thawra-ye Saur ⓘ
calendarMonthNameOrigin Saur month in the Afghan calendar ⓘ
cause arrest of PDPA leaders by Daoud government ⓘ
opposition to Mohammed Daoud Khan's government ⓘ
conflictType internal political coup ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
endDate 1978-04-28 ⓘ
governmentFormed Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War era ⓘ
linked to: Cold War
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
languageOfName Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
leader Hafizullah Amin ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
Kabul ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Afghan Air Force ⓘ
Afghan Army ⓘ
opponent Republic of Afghanistan under Mohammed Daoud Khan ⓘ
opposedBy Islamist groups in Afghanistan ⓘ
traditional tribal leaders in Afghanistan ⓘ
overthrewGovernment Republic of Afghanistan (Daoud Khan) ⓘ
participant Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Parcham faction

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Cold War ⓘ
primaryTarget Presidential Palace in Kabul ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
relatedEvent 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan ⓘ
Assassination of Mohammed Daoud Khan ⓘ
Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
result Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Soviet–Afghan War

beginning of prolonged internal conflict in Afghanistan ⓘ
communist government established in Afghanistan ⓘ
overthrow of Mohammed Daoud Khan ⓘ
significantConsequence precipitated the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
radical land and social reforms in Afghanistan ⓘ
startDate 1978-04-27 ⓘ
timePeriod late 20th century ⓘ
year 1978 ⓘ

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Soviet–Afghan War → cause → Saur Revolution ⓘ
Afghan conflicts → startPoint → Saur Revolution (1978) ⓘ
linked to: Saur Revolution
Saur Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Saur Coup ⓘ
linked to: Saur Revolution
Parcham faction → roleIn → Saur Revolution ⓘ
People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → cameToPowerIn → Saur Revolution ⓘ
subject linked to: PDPA
Thawra-ye Saur → alsoKnownAs → Saur Revolution ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki → cameToPowerThrough → Saur Revolution ⓘ
Nur Muhammad Taraki → notableEvent → Saur Revolution ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin → conflict → Saur Revolution ⓘ
Hafizullah Amin → cameToPowerAsResultOf → Saur Revolution ⓘ
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan → establishedAfter → Saur Revolution ⓘ
subject linked to: DRA
National Assembly (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) → historicalEra → Saur Revolution period and aftermath ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
linked to: Saur Revolution
National Assembly (Democratic Republic of Afghanistan) → relatedEvent → Saur Revolution ⓘ
subject linked to: National Assembly
Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan → killedDuring → Saur Revolution ⓘ
History of Afghanistan → includesEvent → Saur Revolution of 1978 ⓘ
linked to: Saur Revolution