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The Hungarian Uprising (What happened during the Hungarian Uprising of…
The Hungarian Uprising
Causes
Oppression
AVH control
Rakosi’s stalinist policies
One party system
Religious Persecution
De-Stalinization
USSR pulls out of Austria
Secret speech
Polish rebellion
Russian control
Exportation of resources to the USSR
Russian puppet installed (Rakosi)
Russian Officials controlled Army and Government
Russian language had to be spoken in certain areas
Soviet Curriculum in schools
Falling living standards
Bad industrial planning
Soviets did not distribute enough resources
What happened during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956?
july 1956 - Fall of Rakosi
Demonstrations in front of parliament
Fighting between police and civilians
Nagy put in power
October 1956 – Hungarians protest
Wanted a moderate leader
Bad harvest
Secret Speech
Anti Soviet Sentiment
24th October – Nagy returns
28th October – USSR army withdraws
3rd November – Nagy’s reforms
Free elections
Press freedom
UN to defend Hungary
Wanted US support
4th November – USSR returns
USSR supports Kadar
Two weeks of fighting
Kadar installed as prime minister
What were the consequences of the Hungarian Uprising?
Russian clampdown
Nagy executed
Dissidents also killed
Russian occupation
USA aid
Gave money for reconstruction
Allowed 80,000 hungarian refugees to settle in the US
Kadar becomes Prime Minister
Rejoined Warsaw Pact and COMECON
Deepens Cold War tensions