Was voted "The Greatest Villain" in the Největší Čech poll of the Czech Television (a program under the BBC licence 100 Greatest Britons)
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Klement Gottwald
Klement Gottwald was a Czech communist revolutionary and politician, who was the leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia from 1929 until his death in 1953 – titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to 1953. He was the first leader of Communist Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953.
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politics · Leader of Czechoslovakia from 1948 to 1953 · politician · also Klement Gottwald, Gottwald
Born 23 November 1896 · Died 14 March 1953 · Q296054
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1962· 2 entries
The personality cult ended and it was no longer deemed appropriate to show Gottwald's body
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Gottwald's body had blackened and was decomposing due to a botched embalming, although other witnesses have disputed this
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1953· 5 entries
Died 1953-03-14.
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“Nasz ustrój jest ustrojem narodowej i demokratycznej rewolucji swoistego, rzeczywiście czechosłowackiego typu i jego dalszy rozwój zależy od tego, jak my – tak jak udawało się nam to dotychczas – potrafimy wytyczyć kierunek na przyszłość, biorąc przy tym pod uwagę nasze własne warunki.”
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– titled as general secretary until 1945 and as chairman from 1945 to 1953
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“Fakt, że Związek Radziecki stał się naszym sąsiadem (…) nie tylko w korzystny sposób umacnia nasze bezpieczeństwo, ale ułatwia nam także, a nawet nakazuje, by – obok naszego szczerego sojuszu politycznego i wojskowego i obok naszych tradycyjnych, stale pogłębiających się kontaktów kulturalnych – poświęcić więcej starań programowemu rozszerzeniu naszych stosunków gospodarczych.”
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“Opis: na posiedzeniu KC KPCz, kiedy był wówczas sekretarzem generalnym partii komunistycznej.”
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1950· 2 entries
“Opis: przemówienie na posiedzeniu KC Komunistycznej Partii Czechosłowacji, 24 lutego 1950.”
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Was erased from the photograph (along with the photographer Karel Hájek) by the state propaganda department
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1948· 1 entry
Career landmark: President of Czechoslovakia (1948–1953).
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1946· 4 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Plzeň (1946).
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Awarded honorary citizen of České Budějovice (1946).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Chrudim (1946).
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia (1946–1948).
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1945· 5 entries
Awarded honorary citizen of Třebíč (1945).
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“Opis: przytaczając na posiedzeniu KC KPCz rozmowę z Józefem Stalinem z 1945 (opublikowano ją dopiero w 1964).”
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Gottwald gave up the general secretary's post to Rudolf Slánský and was elected to the new position of party chairman
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“Opis: wypowiedziane 8 kwietnia 1945 na konferencji funkcjonariuszy KPS.”
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“Opis: przemawiając w lipcu 1945 do funkcjonariuszy partii komunistycznej w okręgu praskim.”
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1943· 2 entries
Gottwald agreed with representatives of the Czechoslovak-government-in-exile located in London, along with President Edvard Beneš, to unify domestic and foreign anti-fascist resistance and form the National Front
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Gottwald agreed with representatives of the Czechoslovak government-in-exile located in London, along with President Edvard Beneš, to unify domestic and foreign anti-fascist resistance and form the National Front
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1926· 1 entry
Gottwald became a functionary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ), and editor of the Communist Press
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1924· 1 entry
The editorial staff, along with Gottwald, moved to Ostrava
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1922· 1 entry
Moved to Vrútky, where by decision of the Communist Party Central Committee, they merged a number of communist magazines and consolidated editors
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1921· 1 entry
And created the Federation of Workers' Gymnastic Unions (FDTJ)
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1896· 1 entry
Born 1896-11-23.
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