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Hungary Uprising 1956
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Hungary Uprising 1956
Leaders
Gero
Unpopular
Demonstration
JUNE 1956-OCT 1956
Rakosi
Unpopular
'Stalin's best pupil'
Hard line communist
Was opposed by a Communist group and then asked Moscow leaders to arrest 400 political opponents
Was forced to retire by Khrushchev due to 'Health reasons'
1947-JUNE 1956
Nagy
Very popular
Had plans for Hungary like:
free elections
Leave the Warsaw Pact
Caused Khrushchev to get very unhappy with Nagy and move in Soviet troops and tanks into Budapest
Give ownership back to farmers and businesses
Stop using secret police
Kadar
Nagy and his leaders were executed
Kadar took over in NOV 1956 and took several months to crush all rebellions
He reassured Khrushchev that Hungary were not going to leave the Warsaw Pact
Key Events
Student Demonstration
23rd October 1956
Stalin Statue torn down
People unhappy with Communist rule
Losing freedom of speech, lived in fear of secret police and resented the troops stationed in their country
November 1956
Tanks and troops moved into Budapest because of Nagy's reforms
3,000 Hungarians killed
7.000 Russians killed
200,000 Hungarians evacuated Hungary to Austria to leave the Communist rule
Khrushchev - leader of the USSR
De-stalinisation
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