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Hungarian–Romanian War

The Successful Communist Coup d'état

Friday Mar 21, 1919
Hungary (then Kingdom of Hungary)

On 21 March, Béla Kun led a successful communist coup d'état. Károlyi was deposed and arrested. Kun formed a social democratic, communist coalition government and proclaimed the Hungarian Soviet Republic. Days later the Communists purged the Social Democrats from the government.


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