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Romanian Communist Party
The
Romanian Communist Party
(
Romanian
: , PCR) was a
communist party
in
Romania
. Successor to the
Bolshevik
wing of the
Socialist Party of Romania
, it gave ideological endorsement to
communist revolution
and the disestablishment of
Greater Romania
. The PCR was a minor and illegal grouping for much of the
interwar period
, and submitted to direct
Comintern
control. During the 1930s, most of its activists were imprisoned or took refuge in the
Soviet Union
, which led to the creation of separate and competing factions until the 1950s. The Communist Party emerged as a powerful actor on the Romanian political scene in August 1944, when it became involved in the
royal coup
that toppled the pro-
Nazi
government of
Ion Antonescu
. With support from
Soviet occupation forces
, the PCR was able to force
King
Michael I
into exile, and establish
undisguised Communist rule
in 1948. From then until 1989, it was for all intents and purposes
the only legally permitted party
in the country.
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