People's democracy in Czechoslovakia

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People's democracy in Czechoslovakia was the post-1948 communist political system characterized by one-party rule under the Communist Party, state control of the economy, and alignment with the Soviet bloc.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist regime
political system
alliance Warsaw Pact NERFINISHED
blocMembership Soviet bloc NERFINISHED
claimedBasis rule in the name of the working class
constitutionType socialist constitution
continent Europe
country Czechoslovakia
deFactoLeaderTitle First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
dominantIdeologicalParty Communist Party of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
economicAlliance Council for Mutual Economic Assistance NERFINISHED
economicSystem centrally planned economy
state-controlled economy
educationSystem state-controlled education
endDate 1989
endEvent Velvet Revolution NERFINISHED
foreignPolicyOrientation alignment with the Eastern Bloc
alignment with the Soviet Union
governmentType people's democracy
socialist state
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
headOfStateTitle President of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
historicalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
ideology Marxism–Leninism
keyEvent Prague Spring NERFINISHED
Velvet Revolution NERFINISHED
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
legalOpposition none (banned opposition parties)
legitimatingConcept dictatorship of the proletariat
mediaSystem state-controlled media
modelledOn Soviet political model
notablePeriod Normalization period NERFINISHED
Prague Spring NERFINISHED
Stalinist era NERFINISHED
partySystem single-party system
politicalRepression censorship
secret police surveillance
show trials
politicalSystem one-party rule
propertyRegime predominantly state ownership of means of production
region Eastern Europe
religionPolicy state atheism (officially promoted)
rulingParty Communist Party of Czechoslovakia NERFINISHED
securityApparatus Ministry of Interior NERFINISHED
Státní bezpečnost NERFINISHED
startDate 1948
startEvent 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état NERFINISHED
succession post-communist democratic system in Czechoslovakia

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February coup followedBy People's democracy in Czechoslovakia