History of Czechoslovakia (1948–1989)

From the Communist coup d'état in February 1948 to the Velvet Revolution in 1989, Czechoslovakia was ruled by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (Czech: Komunistická strana Československa, KSČ). The country belonged to the Eastern Bloc and was a member of the Warsaw Pact and of Comecon. During the era of Communist Party rule, thousands of Czechoslovaks faced political persecution for various offences, such as trying to emigrate across the Iron Curtain.

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History of Czechoslovakia
Origins of Czechoslovakia1918
First Czechoslovak Republic1918–1938
Munich Agreement1938
Second Czechoslovak Republic1938–1939
German occupation1939–1945
     Bohemia and Moravia1939–1945
     Slovak Republic1939–1945
Third Czechoslovak Republic1945–1948
     Coup d'état1948
Czechoslovak Socialist Republic1948–1989
     Prague Spring/Invasion1968
Velvet Revolution1989
     Post-revolution1989–1992
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia1993

The 1993 Act on Lawlessness of the Communist Regime and on Resistance Against It determined that the communist government was illegal and that the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was a criminal organisation.

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