Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948

E44315

Cold War event coup d’état political event

The Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 was a Communist Party–led takeover that ended multiparty democracy in Czechoslovakia and established a pro-Soviet communist regime at the start of the Cold War.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état	2
Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948	2
Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 canonical	2
Únor 1948	2
1948 Czechoslovak coup d’état	1
Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia	1
Czechoslovak February coup	1
Czechoslovak coup d’état of February 1948	1
Day of the Victorious February in communist-era Czechoslovakia	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War event ⓘ coup d’état ⓘ political event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	February coup ⓘ Victorious February ⓘ Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ surface form: Únor 1948
cause	Communist control of key ministries including the Interior Ministry ⓘ power struggle between communists and non-communists in the National Front government ⓘ pressure from the Soviet Union to secure a friendly regime ⓘ
commemoratedAs	Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Day of the Victorious February in communist-era Czechoslovakia
consequence	establishment of a one-party state ⓘ integration of Czechoslovakia into the Eastern Bloc ⓘ suppression of political opposition ⓘ
country	Czechoslovakia ⓘ
endDate	1948-02-25 ⓘ
followedBy	adoption of the Ninth-of-May Constitution ⓘ establishment of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ pro-Soviet communism ⓘ
impact	contributed to the formation of NATO ⓘ strengthened Western support for the Marshall Plan ⓘ
keyFigure	Edvard Beneš ⓘ Jan Masaryk ⓘ Klement Gottwald ⓘ Ludvík Svoboda ⓘ Václav Nosek ⓘ
ledBy	Czechoslovak Communist Party ⓘ surface form: Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
legalForm	government reshuffle approved by the president ⓘ
location	Prague ⓘ
method	mass demonstrations organized by communists ⓘ political pressure on President Edvard Beneš ⓘ use of security forces controlled by the Communist Interior Ministry ⓘ
opposedBy	non-communist parties of the National Front ⓘ
partOf	Soviet interventions in Eastern Europe ⓘ surface form: Sovietization of Eastern Europe early Cold War crises ⓘ
politicalContext	start of the Cold War ⓘ
precededBy	Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 ⓘ
relatedEvent	suspicious death of Jan Masaryk in March 1948 ⓘ
result	Communist Party of Czechoslovakia seized full political power ⓘ beginning of four decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia ⓘ end of multiparty democracy in Czechoslovakia ⓘ establishment of a pro-Soviet communist regime ⓘ formation of a new communist-dominated government ⓘ resignation of non-communist ministers ⓘ
significantDate	1948-02-25 ⓘ
startDate	1948-02-17 ⓘ
supportedBy	Soviet Union ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Czechoslovakia → significantEvent → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

Czechoslovak Communist Party → cameToPowerBy → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état

Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 → alsoKnownAs → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Únor 1948

Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 → commemoratedAs → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Day of the Victorious February in communist-era Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovak Army → notableEvent → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948

Klement Gottwald → participantIn → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948

Third Czechoslovak Republic → politicalEvent → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état

Third Czechoslovak Republic → endedBy → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia

Victorious February → alsoKnownAs → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Únor 1948

February coup → describedAs → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Czechoslovak February coup

Czechoslovak parliamentary election of 1946 → relatedEvent → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

Václav Nosek → participantIn → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: 1948 Czechoslovak coup d’état

Czechoslovak constitution of 1948 → adoptedAfterEvent → Czechoslovak coup d’état of 1948 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Czechoslovak coup d’état of February 1948