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| g. Bulgaria |
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(See 1943, Aug. 29)| |
| 1945, Nov. 18 |
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| 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 |
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| 1946 |
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| 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 |
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| March 31 |
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| Premier Kimon Gueorguiev formed a Communist-dominated government. | 3 |
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| Sept. 8 |
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| A referendum decided against the monarchy. | 4 |
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| Sept. 15 |
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| Bulgaria was proclaimed a PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC. Young Tsar Simeon II went into exile. | 5 |
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| Oct. 27 |
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| General elections for a constituent assembly, carried on with considerable governmental interference, resulted in a Communist majority. | 6 |
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| Nov. 21 |
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| Veteran Communist Georgi Dimitrov returned from Moscow to become premier. | 7 |
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