11) 1944, Aug. 1. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History ...to succeed him. 1 Nov. 10 Juho Paasikivi formed a new cabinet. The Finnish Communist Party, having secured recognition, prepared to contest the elections. 2 1945,... 12) Radek, Karl. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...civil war. After the October Revolution in Russia (1917), Radek joined the Russian Communist party and participated in the Brest-Litovsk peace negotiations with Germany.... 13) Czech Republic. The World Factbook. 2003 ...invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet... 14) Honecker, Erich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...political leader. From a Communist family, Honecker was imprisoned by the Nazis for 10 years for party activities. After the war he joined Walter Ulbricht's Socialist... 15) 1928, Dec. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History ...ill feeling in Slovakia. 1 1929 Klement Gottwald became head of the Czechoslovak Communist Party and began to Bolshevize the party. 2 1933, Feb. 14-16 The powers... 16) Gromyko, Andrei Andreyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...Rus. ndra´ ndra´yvich grmi´k) (KEY) , 1909-89, Soviet diplomat. A member of the Communist party from 1931, he entered (1939) the diplomatic service, rising rapidly... 17) 1989. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History ...countries of Eastern Europe, popular demonstrations brought an end to the rule of the Communist Party. In East Germany, the old rulers were out of power by October,... 18) communism. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...revolutionists were the Communist party in Russia and the Spartacus party (later the Communist party) in Germany. The establishment of a working socialist state in... 19) Modrow, Hans. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 ...in the German Army, and was a prisoner of war until 1949. Joining the Socialist Unity party (Communists) in East Germany in 1949, he became first secretary of the... 20) 1969, Dec. 18. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History ...the chairman of the Council of State and the general secretary of the East German Communist Party (a change of title from first secretary) in 1976. 3 1972, Nov Some... |