BCP

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BCP is the commonly used abbreviation for the Bulgarian Communist Party, the former ruling communist party of Bulgaria during the socialist era.

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BCP canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist party
political party
abbreviation BCP self-linksurface differs
affiliation Cominform
Comintern
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
surface form: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (through the Bulgarian state)

Warsaw Pact
surface form: Warsaw Pact (through the Bulgarian state)
bannedOpposition non-communist parties during one-party rule
color red
controlledOrganization state media of Bulgaria
state security services of Bulgaria
trade unions in Bulgaria
country Bulgaria
countryGoverned Bulgaria
surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria
dissolved 1990
founded 1919
generalSecretary Todor Zhivkov
governingBody Central Committee of the Bulgarian Communist Party
headquartersLocation Sofia
highestOffice General Secretary of the Communist Party
surface form: General Secretary of the Central Committee
historicalEra Cold War
ideology Marxism–Leninism
keyEvent Bulgarian coup d'état of 1944
surface form: Bulgarian coup d'état of 9 September 1944

establishment of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
fall of Todor Zhivkov in 1989
transition to multi-party democracy in Bulgaria
leader Georgi Dimitrov
Todor Zhivkov
Vulko Chervenkov
legalStatus ruling party
membershipType cadre party
nativeName Bulgarian Communist Party
surface form: Българска комунистическа партия
nativeNameLanguage Bulgarian
periodInPowerEnd 1989
periodInPowerStart 1946
policy centralized planned economy
collectivization of agriculture
nationalization of industry
suppression of political dissent
politicalPosition far-left
politicalSystemInfluence Soviet Union
precededBy Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers' Party (Narrow Socialists)
surface form: Bulgarian Social Democratic Workers’ Party (Narrow Socialists)
region Eastern Europe
renamedAs Bulgarian Socialist Party
stateSystem one-party socialist state
succeededBy Bulgarian Socialist Party
womenWing Committee of the Bulgarian Women's Movement
youthWing Dimitrov Communist Youth Union

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BCP abbreviation BCP self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Bulgarian Communist Party