Soviet Control In Hungary
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- Soviet control in Hungary
- Impact of Soviet Rule
- Hungary suffered a lot under Stalin's control
- Food and industrial products were shipped off to Russia
- Any opposition in Hungary was ruthlessly wiped out
- Matyas Rakosi was a brutal ruler. He called himself "Stalin's Best Pupil" but was known as the "Bald Butcher"
- Communist rule became very unpoplar
- Any opposition in Hungary was ruthlessly wiped out
- Food and industrial products were shipped off to Russia
- Hungary suffered a lot under Stalin's control
- Destalinisation
- When Stalin died, Khrushchev took over as soviet leader. In 1956, in his "secret speech" Khrushchev hinted that Soviet control would relax
- In October 1956, poor harvests and bread shortages meant that Hungarians started demonstrating against communist control with statues of Stalin pulled down and local communists attacked. Khrushchev appointed a more liberal approach for Hungary in the hope that the situation would calm down.
- Nagy's plans as prime minister
- Leave the Warsaw Pact and become a neutral country
- Hold free elections leading to no more communist government.
- UN protection from the Soviet Union
- Impact of Soviet Rule
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