g. Bulgaria. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History

The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001.


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


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