1948 ⟶ Czechoslovak Coup d'État
The Communist Party takes control in the Czechoslovak coup d...
Year
1946
1947
1948
🇨🇿 Communist Party Wins Election in Czechoslovakia
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, alongside the Communist Party of Slovakia, receive 38 percent of the vote in the 1946 parliamentary election, becoming the largest party in the Constituent National Assembly.⟶
CzechoslovakiaElectionCommunismPost-WarSoviet InfluenceEastern EuropePolitics
🏃 Mikołajczyk Flees Poland
Stanisław Mikołajczyk, leader of the non-communist Polish People's Party, flees the country ahead of impending arrest. Organized, legal political opposition to Polish communism is effectively at an end.⟶
PolandCommunismPolitical RepressionSoviet InfluenceEastern EuropeCold WarOppositionExile
👑 Romanian Monarchy Abolished
In Romania, King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, the monarchy is abolished and the Romanian People's Republic is instituted instead. The Communist Party would rule the country until December 1989.⟶
RomaniaCommunismMonarchySoviet InfluenceEastern EuropeCold WarGheorghe Gheorghiu-DejPolitical Change
🇨🇿 Czechoslovak Coup d'État
The Communist Party takes control in the Czechoslovak coup d'état of 1948.⟶
CzechoslovakiaCoupCommunismSoviet InfluenceEastern EuropeCold WarPolitical ViolencePrague Spring
🕊️ Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk Dies
Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk is reported having committed suicide.⟶
CzechoslovakiaEastern EuropePoliticsCommunismSoviet InfluenceDeathCold War
🚩 Rákosi Becomes Leader of Hungary
Mátyás Rákosi becomes General Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party and, therefore, the de facto leader of Communist Hungary.⟶
HungaryEastern EuropeCommunismPoliticsSoviet InfluenceCold WarLeadership