When did Czechoslovakia stop being Communist?
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.
How did Czechoslovakia get rid of communism?
Popular demonstrations against the one-party government of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia included students and older dissidents. The result was the end of 41 years of one-party rule in Czechoslovakia, and the subsequent dismantling of the command economy and conversion to a parliamentary republic.
How long was Czechoslovakia a Communist country?
Communist Dictatorship in Czechoslovakia (1948-1989)\n\n During 1930s, Czechoslovakia was one of the few states in Continental Europe that remained loyal to democracy, but fell victim to the murky 1938 Munich deal and was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1939.