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От помощник - командирите до военнополитическата академия
From assistant commanders to the military-political academy

Author(s): Kalin Ranchev
Subject(s): History, Recent History (1900 till today), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989)
Published by: Регионален исторически музей – Плевен
Keywords: Assistant Commandant Institute; Military Political Academy; Bulgarian Communist Party; political and ideological educational work in the army.

Summary/Abstract: The report examines the establishment of political control over the army after 9 September 1944 in the face of the established assistant commanders’ institute, which was a duplicate structure in the hierarchy of the Bulgarian army. The establishment of political control over the armed forces was an important part of the transformation of the Bulgarian army after 9 September 1944 along Soviet lines. In this respect, the Soviet model was not just followed but directly implemented.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 233-249
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Bulgarian
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