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The Pedigree of Socialism

Macedonia: The Partition of 1913

Greater Albania

The Jewish Pale in the Russian Empire, to 1917

The ‘Great Triangle’: European Power Centres, 1914–91

The Italo-Slav Borders, 1939–92

(a) 1939–92 Italy’s North-Eastern Frontier

(b) Italians Occupation Zones, 1939–44

The Expansion of Soviet Territory in Europe, 1917–45

The Republic of Ukraine, 1918–91

Poland, 1921–45

Czechoslovakia, 1918–82

Hungary 1918–45

The Growth of Serbia (1817–1913) and of Yugoslavia (1918–45)

The Dictatorships of Inter-War Europe, 1917–39

Duration
Dictator(s)
Soviet Russia and USSR
25.10.10 o.s [7.11.17]–1991
Lenin (to 1924) J.V.Stalin ‘Vozhd’ (to 1953)
Bolshevik coup d’état, totalitarian, Communist/Party State. Terror.
Hungary
21.3.19–9.1991 1991–44
Bela Kun Admiral Horthy
Soviet Communist Republic. Terror. Proto-fascist dictatorship. Terror.
Italy
28.10.22–1943
Benito Mussolini
Fascist takeover: constitutional monarchy replaced by ‘corporate state’. All opposition parties disbanded, 1926.
Bulgaria
8/9.6.23–1944
Aleksandr Tsankov
Military coup d’état: authoritarian regime, dissolution of opposition: from 1934, royal dictatorship of Boris III.
Spain
23.9.23–20.1.30
General Miguel Primo de Rivera
Authoritarian regime in agreement with King Alfonso XIII, military directorate: suspension of the constitution.
Turkey
29.10.23–1938
Gazi Mustaf Kemal Pasha
Personal dictatorship, one-party national state.
Albania
1.25–1940
Ahmed Zogu (became king 1928)
Authoritarian regime, first presidential then royal.
Poland
12.5.26–1939
Marshal Joseph Pilsudski
Military coup d’état: left-wing military regime: ‘Sanacja’ dictatorship, operating behind a parliamentary façade.
Portugal
28.5.26–1975 from 1932
Manuel de Oliveira A. Salazar
Authoritarian regime, dissolution of parliament, constitution suspended.
Yugoslavia
1.29–1941
King Alexander
Coup d’ état: royal dictatorship.
Lithuania
19.9.29–1940
Antónas Smetona
Nationalist one-party state.
Romania
19.6.30–1945
King Corol II
Coup d’état: royal dictatorship.
Germany
30.1.33–1945
Adolph Hitler, ‘Führer’
Nazi electoral success: one party state introduced through ‘emergency powers’. Terror.
Austria
3.33–1937
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dictatorship by the semi-fascist ‘Fatherland Front’, rule by emergency decree.
Estonia
12.3.34–1940
Konstantin Päts
Authoritarian regime, state of emergency, rule by decree, parliament dissolved.
Latvia
15.5.34–1940
Karlis Ulmanis
Authoritarian regime, a government of national unity, parliament dissolved.
Greece
10.1935–1941
General J. Kondilis General I. Metaxas
Authoritarian military-royal regime, dissolution of parliament.
Spain
9.36–1975
General Francisco Franco, ‘Caudillo’
Military Fascism: totalitarian regime. Terror.

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