Hungarian Uprising 1956
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- Hungarian Uprising 1956
- Causes
- Rakosi was put in power after WW2. He had a damaging leadership because his secret police (AVH), were brutal. There was also lot poverty and standard of living was poor.
- Events
- There were massive protests against Rakosi's leadership and AVH
- The statue of Stalin was pulled down and dragged through the streets
- This is because the Hungarian people thought the death of Stalin would lead to more free lives ('destailinisation')
- Rakosi was forced to resign and Soviet tanks came in to control the masses
- Nagy then became president and tanks withdrew
- Nagy wanted to reform Hungary;and hold free elections, end the power of secret police and remove Soviet army occupation
- Khrushchev became threatened by Nagy's objectives especially when he wanted to withdraw from the Warsaw pact. This was a step too far; if free elections took place, communism might fade out in Hungary.
- Khrushchev's response to this threat was to bring in 1000 soviet tanks to invade Hungary. There was 2 weeks of fighting and thousands of Hungarians and soviets were killed. Nagy asked help from the west but they did nothing. Nagy was captured then shot :(
- Khrushchev became threatened by Nagy's objectives especially when he wanted to withdraw from the Warsaw pact. This was a step too far; if free elections took place, communism might fade out in Hungary.
- Nagy wanted to reform Hungary;and hold free elections, end the power of secret police and remove Soviet army occupation
- Nagy then became president and tanks withdrew
- The statue of Stalin was pulled down and dragged through the streets
- There were massive protests against Rakosi's leadership and AVH
- Results
- Kadar came into power.
- Other soviet states witnessed the travesty and learnt not to test the powers of the Soviet Union
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