The Hungarian Uprising

Pregunta	Respuesta
Why did Hungarians oppose Soviet control?	Censorship Patriotism Education Secret Police Religion Standard of living Soviet troops
Censorship	there was no freedom of expression The government controlled the press, theatre, art and music
Education	Children were taught a communist version of history that ignored Hungary's close links to western europe
The secret police	Used terror and torture
Religion	The leader of the catholic church was imprisoned Hungarians were strongly christian
Standard of living	food shortages blamed on collective farming
how many refugees	200,000
the western powers realised that	Despite Stalin's death Soviet leaders were determined to keep control of eastern europe and prepared to be very brutal They were powerless to influence what happened behind the iron curtain More determined to resist expansion
Kruschev could not...	Afford to show any weakness

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