This will be the first real election since the Communists seized power in 1948.

Under 1948, you state, "Communists seize power after nearly winning national elections."

This republic was short-lived, and soon the Communists seized power (1919).

But the Communists did seize power, in a coup in 1948.

Most of the old aristocrats' homes have been destroyed since the Communists seized their property in the late 1940's.

The couple freely inhabited the house for eighteen years before Communists seized control of it in 1948.

Pilsen was forced to abandon the truth when the Communists seized power in 1948.

Secondly, this past week saw the 60th anniversary celebrations to mark the communists seizing power in 1949.

Each day, new victims have joined the 1.3-million civilians estimated to have died since the Communists seized power in 1978.

Normal relations continued until 1948, when the communists seized power and relations cooled rapidly.