Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944

The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944, also known as the 9 September coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветосептемврийски преврат, Devetoseptemvriyski prevrat) and called in pre-1989 Bulgaria the National Uprising of 9 September or the Socialist Revolution of 9 September, was a change in the Kingdom of Bulgaria's administration and government carried out on the eve of 9 September 1944. The government of Prime Minister Konstantin Muraviev was overthrown and replaced with a government of the Fatherland Front led by Kimon Georgiev. While the Soviet Union supported the coup, their forces (the Third Ukrainian Front) were not directly involved in it, as they had only entered northeastern Bulgaria at this point. Following that date, large-scale political, economic and social changes were introduced to the cou

Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944

The Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944, also known as the 9 September coup d'état (Bulgarian: Деветосептемврийски преврат, Devetoseptemvriyski prevrat) and called in pre-1989 Bulgaria the National Uprising of 9 September or the Socialist Revolution of 9 September, was a change in the Kingdom of Bulgaria's administration and government carried out on the eve of 9 September 1944. The government of Prime Minister Konstantin Muraviev was overthrown and replaced with a government of the Fatherland Front led by Kimon Georgiev. While the Soviet Union supported the coup, their forces (the Third Ukrainian Front) were not directly involved in it, as they had only entered northeastern Bulgaria at this point. Following that date, large-scale political, economic and social changes were introduced to the cou