BCP

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BCP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Bulgarian Communist Party, the former ruling communist party of Bulgaria during the socialist era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party
abbreviation BCP
affiliation Cominform
Comintern
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (through the Bulgarian state)
Warsaw Pact (through the Bulgarian state)
bannedOpposition non-communist parties during one-party rule
color red
controlledOrganization state media of Bulgaria
state security services of Bulgaria
trade unions in Bulgaria
country Bulgaria
countryGoverned People's Republic of Bulgaria
dissolved 1990
founded 1919
generalSecretary Todor Zhivkov
governingBody Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party
headquartersLocation Sofia
highestOffice General Secretary of the Central Committee
historicalEra Cold War
ideology Marxism–Leninism
keyEvent Bulgarian coup d'état of 9 September 1944
establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
fall of Todor Zhivkov in 1989
transition to multi-party democracy in Bulgaria
leader Georgi Dimitrov
Todor Zhivkov
Vulko Chervenkov
legalStatus ruling party
membershipType cadre party
nativeName Българска комунистическа партия
nativeNameLanguage Bulgarian
periodInPowerEnd 1989
periodInPowerStart 1946
policy centralized planned economy
collectivization of agriculture
nationalization of industry
suppression of political dissent
politicalPosition far-left
politicalSystemInfluence Soviet Union
precededBy Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (Narrow Socialists)
region Eastern Europe
renamedAs Bulgarian Socialist Party
stateSystem one-party socialist state
succeededBy Bulgarian Socialist Party
womenWing Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement
youthWing Dimitrov Communist Youth Union

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bulgarian Communist Party
abbreviation
Bulgarian Communist Party
shortName

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