site.btaSeptember 9, 1944: Coup d'Etat Ushers in Totalitarian Rule in Bulgaria
People in Sofia celebrate the eighth anniversary of the September 9, 1944 coup which was then referred to as "September 9 socialist revolution", Sofia, September 9, 1952 (BTA archive photo/Georgi Vikentiev)
On September 9, 1944, conspirators of Zveno Political Circle and former Military League, with active collaboration of War Minister, General Ivan Marinov, staged a coup d'etat in Sofia with help of army. They handed power over to the
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