Great Depression

worldwide economic depression (1929–1939)
Event economic_crisis Q8698
Great Depression
Dorothea Lange · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Great Depression is an economic crisis[1].

Key Facts

  • Notable work: Some of the most important features of the economic and financial situation in 1932[2]
  • Country: Afghanistan[3], British Empire[4], German Reich[5], France[6], Chile[7], Netherlands[8], South Africa[9], United States[10], Hungary[11]
  • Instance of: recession[12], historical period[13], era[14]
  • Has part(s): Great Depression in Australia[15], Great Depression in Canada[16], Great Depression in Germany[17], Great Depression in Chile[18], Great Depression in France[19], Great Depression in Latin America[20], Great Depression in the Netherlands[21], Great Depression in South Africa[22], Great Depression in the United Kingdom[23], Great Depression in the United States[24], Great Depression in India[25], Shōwa Depression[26]
  • Start time: October 29, 1929[27]
  • End time: 1941[28]
  • Has cause: causes of the Great Depression[29], Wall Street crash of 1929[30]
  • Described by source: Canon of Dutch History[31], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[32], Financial Instability[33]
  • Topic has template: Template:Great Depression[34]
  • History of topic: timeline of the Great Depression[35]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[36], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[37]

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Class ancestry

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  1. 2d ago · Johshh · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → den_store_depresjonen
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Great norwegian encyclopedia id: depresjon_-_økonomi"
  2. 2d ago · Johshh · 2026-10-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 135
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  3. 6w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → great-depression, the-great-depression
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: the-great-depression, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289968342|the great depression (#289968342)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/79"
  4. 17w ago · ~2026-36985-58 · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → den_store_depresjonen
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  5. 18w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → didzioji-depresija
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  6. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → great-depression, the-great-depression
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: great-depression, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289934359|great depression (#289934359)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  7. 20w ago · Aschiff-emco · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of congress children's subject headings id → sj2026050064
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  8. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Great Depression
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → den_store_depresjonen
    Country → Afghanistan, British Empire, German Reich +6
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    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007548130305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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