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Hungarian Uprising
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- 1Soviet Union invaded Hungary 9/44 as it drove Nazis back to Germany Soviet troops occupied Hungary post 9/44 even though Allied Control Comisson was set upformed a coalition which contaned members of the Hungarian Communist Party
Laszlo Rajk was in charge of security police and in 2/47 he arrested some leaders of SP and NPP - 2elections held 11/45 and Smallholder's party (SP) won over 57% of the vote Head of occupying Soviet forces, Voroshilov, refused to allow SP to be governmentNext election communist party the largest
Rakosi emerged from party to lead Hungary
Rakosi used force to keep control, he killed 200o in the purges and imprisoned 200,000 political oponents - 3Religion attacked and Cardinal Mindszenty jailed for life economy controlled through ComeconLiving standards began to fall in 52 and experienced its lowest agricultural output ever
When Stalin died his successot Malenkov didn't favour Rakosi and so replaced him with Imre Nagy - 4Khrushchev (K) sent troops and tank to Budapest after demonstartions had began in 10/56 to try to rstore peace 25th October tanks opened fire killing 12 and injuring more than a hundredGero was forced to resign and Kadar took over as temporary PM
Nagy released 30 prisoners including Cardinal Mindszenty
Next day his propsed reforms published, most contreversial being the withdrawl from the Warsaw Pact - 5Nagy asked UN to consider Hungary's situation Political parties under Rakosi re-establishedK didnt want to be seen as weak by other members of Warsaw Pact
Mao Zedong, china's leader, urged him to stand firm against any deviations from Communism - 64/11/56 k sent 200,00 troops and 6000 tanks to Hungary Ceasefire agreed on the 10th but there was still spordic fighting until middle of 57World's attention drawn away by events in the East
Nagy had been hiding in Yugoslavian embassy. Kadar offered him safe passage but broke his word and sent him to Romania were he was shot - 77000 Soviet troops dead 20,000 rebels dead K able to keep control as new Soviet backed leader was installed, Kadar Hungarians were able to flee during uprising USSR maintained empire and sent warnings to other Soviet states that there'd be no toleration for deviationPoland&Hungary made slow reforms after 56 but were still under firm Soviet control
West saw K's recent message of peace as a sham
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- Cambridge IGCSE History (Cold War) FlashCards sobre Hungarian Uprising, criado por Konrad O'Neill em 18-07-2013.
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