Victorious February

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Victorious February is the term used for the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia that brought the country under Soviet-aligned one-party rule.

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instanceOf communist revolution
coup d'état
political event
alsoKnownAs February coup
Victorious February 1948
Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948
surface form: Únor 1948
chronologyWithinCountry after World War II in Czechoslovakia
before Prague Spring
conflictType internal political crisis
country Czechoslovakia
describedBySource Czechoslovak historiography
endDate 1948-02-25
followedBy Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
purges of non-communist politicians
show trials in Czechoslovakia
governmentOverthrown Czechoslovak coalition government
hasCause resignation of non-communist ministers
hasEffect Soviet alignment of Czechoslovakia
beginning of communist dictatorship in Czechoslovakia
end of parliamentary democracy in Czechoslovakia
establishment of communist one-party rule in Czechoslovakia
ideology Marxism–Leninism
languageOfName English
location Prague
opposedBy Czechoslovak democratic opposition
non-communist parties of the National Front
partOf Sovietization of Eastern Europe
early Cold War
history of Czechoslovakia
pointInTime February 1948
politicalAlignment pro-Soviet
replacedByGovernment communist-dominated government of Klement Gottwald
result appointment of a communist-dominated government
consolidation of power by Klement Gottwald
integration of Czechoslovakia into the Eastern Bloc
resignation of President Edvard Beneš
significance contributed to the consolidation of the Eastern Bloc
marked the definitive communist takeover of Czechoslovakia
significantParticipant Czechoslovak Communist Party
surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak border guards
surface form: Czechoslovak security forces

Edvard Beneš
Klement Gottwald
Ludvík Svoboda
Soviet Union
startDate 1948-02-20
timePeriod 20th century

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February coup describedAs Victorious February