THE DAY IN HISTORY · FEBRUARY 25
February 25 in history
What happened on February 25: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1948 and 1956, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Communist coup in Czechoslovakia
25 Feb 1948 — Czechoslovakia, the last democracy east of the curtain, falls to a communist coup without a shot. Western resistance to Stalin hardens overnight.
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In a closed session of the Twentieth Party Congress, Khrushchev spends four hours denouncing Stalin’s “cult of personality” — a speech meant to stay secret that was soon read across the Soviet Union.
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