Baltic States (Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary)

In Romania, communists were…

popular

why were communists popular in Romania

they offered an alternative to the pre-war regime

Which country did the Red Army occupy

Romania

why was it easy for Stalin’s communist takeover in Romania

was Red Army occupied so opposition was minimal

what characterised the Soviet takeover of Romania

gradualism, manipulates elections & forced removal of opposition

who was the strongest political opponent facing the communists in Bulgaria

the Agrarian Party

who led the Agrarian Party in Bulgaria

Nikola Petkov

The Agrarian Party in Bulgaria won over…..of the popular vote in Bulgaria

20%

how was Petkov removed in Bulgaria

faced trumped up charges & was executed

Petkov’s party in Bulgaria was forcibly…

absorbed into the Bulgarian communist movement

By…..in Bulgaria all other political parties have been banned

April 1947

in Hungary communists allied with…

other political groups to challenge the power of their greatest opposition

who was the communists greatest opponent in Hungary

Smallholders Party

Political opponents in Hungary were…

arrested & elections were manipulated in order to produce the desired outcomes for the communists

Many Hungarian communists did not…

display the degree of loyalty to Moscow that Stalin wanted & formed close links with Yugoslavia

Who was the Hungarian communist leader

Lazlo Raijk

In 1949 what happened to the Hungarian communist leader

executed for anti-Soviet activities

By 1949 in Hungary…

all political opposition to Moscow backed Hungarians communists had disappeared