Czechoslovak Communist Party

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The Czechoslovak Communist Party was the ruling Marxist–Leninist political party that controlled Czechoslovakia during its socialist period within the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party
abbreviation Czechoslovak Communist Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: KSČ
alliedWith Soviet Union
bannedOppositionParties yes
cameToPowerBy Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
surface form: 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
controlledInstitution Czechoslovak Army
surface form: Czechoslovak People's Army

Czechoslovak StB
surface form: Czechoslovak State Security (StB)

state media of Czechoslovakia
country Czechoslovakia
countryControlled Czechoslovakia
dissolved 1992
facedOppositionFrom Charter 77 movement
generalSecretaryTitle General Secretary of the Central Committee of the KSČ
governedDuring socialist period of Czechoslovakia
headquartersLocation Prague
ideology Marxism–Leninism
implementedPolicy centralized planned economy
collectivization of agriculture
nationalization of industry
inception 1921
languageOfName Czech
Slovak
legalStatus ruling party
lostPowerIn Revolutions of 1989
surface form: Velvet Revolution
membershipPeak over 1,000,000 members
monopolyOfPower yes
nativeLabel Czechoslovak Communist Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Komunistická strana Československa
newspaper Rudé právo
notableLeader Alexander Dubček
Antonín Novotný
Gustáv Husák
Klement Gottwald
paramilitaryWing People's Militia
participatedIn Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Warsaw Pact structures
partOf Eastern Bloc
periodInPowerEnd 1989
periodInPowerStart 1948
politicalSystemImplemented one-party socialist state
position far-left
subordinateTo Communist Party of the Soviet Union
surface form: Communist Party of the Soviet Union (politically and ideologically)
successorOrganization Czechoslovak Communist Party self-linksurface differs
surface form: Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia

Communist Party of Slovakia (post-1990)
suppressedEvent Prague Spring
youthWing Czechoslovak Socialist Youth Union
Czechoslovak Socialist Youth Union
surface form: Czechoslovak Union of Youth

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Jiří Hájek memberOf Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Antonín Zápotocký memberOf Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic rulingParty Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Chamber of the People subordinateTo Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Chamber of the People ideologicalControl Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak constitution of 1948 dominantParty Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovak constitution of 1948 enshrinedLeadingRoleOf Czechoslovak Communist Party
this entity surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia