The communist takeover of Czechoslovakia in late February, 1948. In the midst of a government crisis beginning February 20 communist ministers took control of key state organs, carried out purges, and armed “worker’s militias.” On February 25, President Edvard Beneš accepted the resignation of non-communist ministers and the communists took total control of the government, declaring the country a “people’s democracy” in a new constitution. Following the revolution, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia centralized government, nationalized property and the economy, and aligned Czechoslovakia more closely with the Soviet Union.
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