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The Hungarian Uprising (1956) - Coggle Diagram
The Hungarian Uprising (1956)
Hungarians background under Stalins rule
Krushchev took over as leader of Soviet Union after Stalins death in 1953
Under Stalin, Hungary's labour, land, and raw materials had been used to produce industrial goods, many of which had been sent straight to the Soviet Union
Became 1 party state under Stalin
DEINSTALINISATION- Krushchev made a a speech in 1956 and said destalinisation in Eastern Europe, with a more liberal regime
Imre Nagy
Winter 1956 Hungarians began to protest and pull down statues of Stalin due to food shortages and bad harvests
Khrushchev asked Imre Nagy to become the Hungarian Prime Minister. Nagy was a communist, but he was viewed as more liberal and open than Rakosi.
Nagys Reforms
more extreme than Krushchev expected
Nagy announced plans to allow other political parties, end 1 party rule, and then in November 1956, announced that Hungary would be leaving the Warsaw Pact
Reforms threatened the Soviets control of Hungary and if they happened across Eastern Europe would wipe out the 'buffer' of satellite states that they had created.
Krushchevs Response
Soviets invaded Hungary on the 4th November 1956
2500 Hungarians and 700 Soviet soldiers died as an army of over 200,000 men rolled into Budapest in tanks
Khrushchev justified invasion by saying communist people were killed in protests
Nagy was executed by hanging in June 1958
Janos Kadar
Kadar took over after Nagy was overthrown
Hungary adopted '15 Point Programme' which aimed to reverse Nagy's suggestions and tighten up communist control in Hungary