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Communist Party of Czechoslovakia Komunistická strana Československa | |
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| Founded | May 16, 1921 |
| Dissolved | April 23, 1992 (aged 70) |
| Political orientation | Communism Marxism–Leninism |
| Colors | Red |
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The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) was the ruling party of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1990.[1]
Pre-revolution
By the late 1920s, the KSČ was the leading workers' party in Czechoslovakia. It had to go underground in 1938 because of the Nazi occupation but reemerged in 1945. Edvard Beneš formed a bourgeois coalition government with Communists in his cabinet.[1]
Revolution
In February 1948, the trade unions and workers' militia overthrew Beneš's government and created a socialist state.[1]