Hungary
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- Hungary
- Cominform imposed an oppressive regime on Hungary
- Hungarian land was redistributed to other Eastern European countries.
- Hungarian coal, oil and wheat were shipped to Russia.
- Hungarian citizens were deprived of food.
- Non-communist political parties were abolished.
- Russian officials controlled the government and army.
- Began a reign of terror, executing popular political leaders and their supporters.
- Rakosi was appointed as Hungary's dictator.
- Rakosi was not liked but the Hungary people and was known as 'the bald butcher'.
- He got rid of his opposition one by one and imprisoned 387000 and responsible for 2000 deaths.
- Rakosi was not liked but the Hungary people and was known as 'the bald butcher'.
- Nagy
- 1919 Nagy joined the communist uprising in Hungary, but was defeated.
- He moved to Hungary and other countries but came back in 1929 to USSR to study agriculture.
- Nagy returned to Hungary in 1944 and became involved in politics. In 1945 he was made minister of Agriculture.
- He was excluded from the communist party in 1949 but was allowed back in after he made a public announcement of his support for USSR.
- Nagy returned to Hungary in 1944 and became involved in politics. In 1945 he was made minister of Agriculture.
- He moved to Hungary and other countries but came back in 1929 to USSR to study agriculture.
- He became prime minister, replacing Rakosi.
- 1955 Nagy was thrown out of the communist party for his opposition to Rakosi's tactics.
- Nagy's reform
- Nagy was popular with the Hungarian people.
- Hungary to leave the warsaw pact.
- Holding free elections.
- wanted support from the west.
- Asked UN to recognice them as a neutral country.
- USA provided aid and military help but stopped short of military help because it's biggest priority was preventing a nuclear war with USSR.
- 1919 Nagy joined the communist uprising in Hungary, but was defeated.
- Khrushchev
- Believed Nagy's reforms were unacceptable.
- If Hungary was allowed to leave the warsaw pact then other European countries would want to aswell.
- 4th November 1956, 200000 soviet troops and 1000 tanks entered Hungary. They fought against Nagy's government.
- 2,500 people were killed, 20,000 were wounded, 200,000 fled to the west.
- Nagy sought protection from the Yugoslavian embassy who agreed with Khrushchev that Nagy was free to leave
- Once Nagy left the embassy, soviet troops arrested him, accused him on treason and was hanged in June 1958.
- Following the soviet invasion, Krushchev appointed Kadar as the new Hungarian leader.
- Kadar published his 15 point programme including;
- re-establishing communist control of Hungary
- using Hungarian troops to stop attacks on soviet forces.
- remaining in the warsaw pact.
- negotiating the withdrawal of soviet troops once the crisis was over.
- Kadar published his 15 point programme including;
- Believed Nagy's reforms were unacceptable.
- America
- Following Nagy's execution, America offered food and medical aid worth $20million to Hungary and allowed 80,000 Hungarian refugees to move to the USA.
- Cominform imposed an oppressive regime on Hungary
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