Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944

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The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 was a Soviet-backed takeover that overthrew the existing monarchy-aligned government and brought a communist-dominated regime to power in Bulgaria during the final phase of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coup d'état
historical event
political event
aim to bring Fatherland Front to power
to remove pro-Axis government in Bulgaria
alsoKnownAs 9 September coup
Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
surface form: Bulgarian coup of 9 September 1944
conflict World War II
context Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe
collapse of Nazi Germany
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Bulgaria
date 1944-09-09
followedBy Bulgarian declaration of war on Germany
Bulgarian participation on Allied side against Germany
Bulgarian withdrawal from Axis alliance
gradual establishment of People's Republic of Bulgaria
keyFigure Georgi Dimitrov
Kimon Georgiev
Todor Zhivkov
location Sofia
longTermConsequence establishment of one-party communist system in Bulgaria
integration of Bulgaria into Eastern Bloc
opposedBy monarchist forces in Bulgaria
pro-German elements in Bulgarian army
organizedBy Bulgarian Agrarian National Union
Bulgarian Communist Party
Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Broad Socialists)
surface form: Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party

Fatherland Front
Zveno movement
overthrew government of Konstantin Muraviev
partOf World War II
politicalAlignmentAfter communist-dominated
pro-Soviet
precededBy Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Soviet declaration of war on Bulgaria

advance of Red Army into the Balkans
resultedIn People's Court trials in Bulgaria
Soviet military presence in Bulgaria
abolition of multi-party parliamentary democracy in practice
alignment of Bulgaria with the Allies
beginning of communist rule in Bulgaria
end of pro-German government in Bulgaria
establishment of communist-dominated government in Bulgaria
execution of many former officials and politicians
purges of political opponents
seizure of power by Fatherland Front
supportedBy Red Army
Soviet Union
target government of Konstantin Muraviev
year 1944

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Bulgarian royal family linkedToEvent Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
BCP keyEvent Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
subject surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party
this entity surface form: Bulgarian coup d'état of 9 September 1944
Balkan theatre of World War II hasPart Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
Belgrade Offensive precededBy Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 alsoKnownAs Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
this entity surface form: Bulgarian coup of 9 September 1944
Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 precededBy Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Soviet declaration of war on Bulgaria