Bulgarian Communist Party

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communist party political party ruling party

The Bulgarian Communist Party was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that governed the People's Republic of Bulgaria during the Cold War as part of the Soviet-aligned Eastern Bloc.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Българска комунистическа партия 2
Bulgarian Workers' Party (Communists) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
ruling party ⓘ
alignedWith Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ⓘ
Warsaw Pact ⓘ
alliedWith Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
bannedOppositionParties yes ⓘ
collectivizationPolicy collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
controlled Bulgarian People's Army ⓘ
state-planned economy of Bulgaria ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria
dissolved 1990 ⓘ
founded 1919 ⓘ
governanceForm party–state ⓘ
governed Bulgaria ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria
governedDuring Cold War ⓘ
headquartersLocation Sofia ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
influencedBy Leninism ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ
surface form: Stalinism
introduced one-party system in Bulgaria ⓘ
language Bulgarian language ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian
leader Georgi Dimitrov ⓘ
Todor Zhivkov ⓘ
Vulko Chervenkov ⓘ
leaderTitle General Secretary of the Communist Party ⓘ
surface form: General Secretary
legalStatus ruling party ⓘ
memberOf Cominform ⓘ
Comintern ⓘ
monopolyOfPower yes ⓘ
nationalizationPolicy extensive nationalization of industry ⓘ
nativeName Bulgarian Communist Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Българска комунистическа партия
officialStateIdeology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
paramilitaryWing People's Militia ⓘ
partOf Eastern Bloc ⓘ
periodInPowerEnd 1989 ⓘ
periodInPowerStart 1946 ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
predecessor Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists) ⓘ
renamedAs Bulgarian Socialist Party ⓘ
repressedDissent yes ⓘ
securityApparatus secret police ⓘ
shortName BCP ⓘ
stateSecurityOrgan KGB ⓘ
surface form: Committee for State Security
successor Bulgarian Socialist Party ⓘ
usedSymbol hammer and sickle ⓘ
womenWing Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement ⓘ
youthWing Dimitrov Communist Youth Union ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Bulgarian People's Army → allegiance → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian People's Army → controlledBy → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Dimitrov Communist Youth Union → controlledBy → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
People's Militia → controlledBy → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Eastern Bloc regimes → dominantParty → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian Socialist Party → hasSplitFrom → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian People's Army → loyalty → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Georgi Dimitrov → memberOf → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Todor Zhivkov → memberOf → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Vulko Chervenkov → memberOf → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Vulko Chervenkov → memberOf → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Workers' Party (Communists)
Cominform → memberOrganization → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian Communist Party → nativeName → Bulgarian Communist Party self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Българска комунистическа партия
BCP → nativeName → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party
this entity surface form: Българска комунистическа партия
Dimitrov Communist Youth Union → parentOrganization → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian State Security (DS) → politicalAlignment → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Bulgarian State Security
Dimitrov Communist Youth Union → politicalAlignment → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Bulgarian Socialist Party → precededBy → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ
Dimitrov Communist Youth Union → subordinateTo → Bulgarian Communist Party ⓘ