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| g. Bulgaria |
| | (See 1943, Aug. 29)| | | 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 |
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| 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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