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g. Bulgaria | |
1945, Nov. 18 | |
The first general election gave overwhelming support to the single list of the Fatherland Front, a wartime coalition of major parties, by this time under Communist control. | 1 |
1946 | |
In a sweeping purge, more than 1,500 high-ranking men and ten times as many minor figures in the old regime were killed. | 2 |
March 31 | |
Premier Kimon Gueorguiev formed a Communist-dominated government. | 3 |
Sept. 8 | |
A referendum decided against the monarchy. | 4 |
Sept. 15 | |
Bulgaria was proclaimed a PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC. Young Tsar Simeon II went into exile. | 5 |
Oct. 27 | |
General elections for a constituent assembly, carried on with considerable governmental interference, resulted in a Communist majority. | 6 |
Nov. 21 | |
Veteran Communist Georgi Dimitrov returned from Moscow to become premier. | 7 |
The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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