Saur Revolution

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coup d'état revolution

The Saur Revolution was the 1978 coup in Afghanistan that brought a communist government to power, triggering internal conflict and ultimately leading to Soviet military intervention.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saur Coup	1
Saur Revolution (1978)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup d'état ⓘ revolution ⓘ
aftermath	escalation of armed resistance by Islamist and traditionalist groups ⓘ establishment of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ power struggle within the PDPA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	April Revolution ⓘ Saur Revolution ⓘ surface form: Saur Coup Thawra-ye Saur ⓘ
calendarMonthNameOrigin	Saur month in the Afghan calendar ⓘ
cause	arrest of PDPA leaders by Daoud government ⓘ opposition to Mohammed Daoud Khan's government ⓘ
conflictType	internal political coup ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
endDate	1978-04-28 ⓘ
governmentFormed	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
historicalEra	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
languageOfName	Persian language ⓘ surface form: Persian
leader	Hafizullah Amin ⓘ Nur Muhammad Taraki ⓘ
location	Afghanistan ⓘ Kabul ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved	Afghan Air Force ⓘ Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan (pre-1992) ⓘ surface form: Afghan Army
opponent	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Republic of Afghanistan under Mohammed Daoud Khan
opposedBy	Islamist groups in Afghanistan ⓘ traditional tribal leaders in Afghanistan ⓘ
overthrewGovernment	Democratic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Republic of Afghanistan (Daoud Khan)
participant	People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ surface form: Khalq faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Parcham faction ⓘ surface form: Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf	Cold War ⓘ
primaryTarget	Presidential Palace in Kabul ⓘ
region	Central Asia ⓘ
relatedEvent	1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan ⓘ Assassination of Mohammed Daoud Khan ⓘ Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ
result	Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ surface form: Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan beginning of prolonged internal conflict in Afghanistan ⓘ communist government established in Afghanistan ⓘ overthrow of Mohammed Daoud Khan ⓘ
significantConsequence	precipitated the Soviet–Afghan War ⓘ radical land and social reforms in Afghanistan ⓘ
startDate	1978-04-27 ⓘ
timePeriod	late 20th century ⓘ
year	1978 ⓘ

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

Saur Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Saur Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saur Coup

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → cameToPowerThrough → Saur Revolution ⓘ

Soviet–Afghan War → cause → Saur Revolution ⓘ

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan → involvedIn → Saur Revolution ⓘ

Afghan conflicts → startPoint → Saur Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saur Revolution (1978)