On September 5, 1944, the USSR declared war on Bulgaria. On the morning of September 8, Soviet military units entered the Dobruja border and began to occupy Bulgarian territory.
On September 5, 1944, the USSR declared war on Bulgaria. On the morning of September 8, Soviet military units entered the Dobruja border and began to occupy Bulgarian territory.
Taking advantage of their presence, on September 8 and 9, officers who sided with the left-wing opposition political coalition Otechestven Front carried out a coup d'état. Seven army units, led by the Tank Regiment of the Armored Brigade, capture the Ministry of War, the Central Post Office, the Telephone Palace, the Central Station and other key sites in Sofia.
The ministers of Konstantin Muraviev's government were arrested.
A new government was formed of the parties of the National Committee of the Fatherland Front/Bulgarian Workers' Party created in 1943, BZNS "Alexander Stamboliyski", Political Circle "Zveno", Social Democratic Party, Radical Democratic Party and "Independent Intellectuals", with Prime Minister Kimon Georgiev.
