Hungarian Revolution
You MUST know the story of the
Hungarian Revolution and its
results.
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Background |
• Khrushchev's policy of 'destalinisation'
undermined all the Stalinist govts of Eastern Europe (e.g.
riots in Poland and Czechoslovakia).
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The Hungarians hated Russian
control - sending food to Russia, Russian control of
education, and Russian troops in Hungary.
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They hated Rakosi's Stalinist
government, especially censorship, the AVH, and repression of
Catholicism (Cardinal Mindzenty in prison)
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They were led to
believe that Eisenhower or the UN would help. |
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Meat |
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23
Oct: revolution - students
attacked the AVH and Russian troops, and toppled a huge statue
of Stalin.
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Khrushchev refused to help Rakosi,
who fell from power.
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24
Oct–3 Nov: a new
government led by Imre Nagy introduced democracy, freedom
of speech and religion (Cardinal Mindzenty joined the
government)
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Nagy asked Khrushchev to take
Russian troops out of Hungary - Khrushchev agreed.
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End |
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But then Nagy announced
Hungary was leaving the
Warsaw Pact.
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4
Nov:
1000 Russian tanks crushed the revolution.
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Western
powers protested but didn’t send troops.
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In Hungary
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4,000
Hungarians (including Nagy) were executed.
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200,000
Hungarians fled to the West.
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The
Russians put Janos
Kadar into power.
Cold War:
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Russia
stayed in total control behind the Iron Curtain.
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Communism was utterly discredited in the
west - many
western communists resigned from the Communist party.
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Western
leaders became more determined to oppose communism.
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Revision Focus
This is a Paper 1
topic, so concentrate on learning:
1. WHAT
happened
2. EFFECTS/
Importance
Links
e-book on the Hungarian Revolution,
Online revision sheet
Spidergram:
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Hungarian Revolution
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