23 окт 1956 г. - Hungarian Revolution
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Hungarians revolt against the Soviet dominated government. They are crushed by the Soviet military, which reinstates a Communist government.
The people of Hungary and the rest of Eastern Europe were ruled over with a rod of iron by communist Russia and anybody who challenged the rule of Stalin and Russia paid the price. From 1945 on the Hungarians were under the control of Moscow. All wealth of whatever nature was taken from Hungary by the Russians who showed their power by putting thousands of Russian troops and hundreds of tanks in Hungary. The Hungarian leader, Rakosi, was put in power by Stalin of Russia. When Stalin died in 1953 all people in Eastern Europe were given some hope that they might be free from Soviet (Russian) rule. In February 1956, the new Russian leader Khrushchev made a bitter attack on the dead Stalin and his policies and in July 1956 in a gesture to the Hungarians, Rakosi was forced to resign. In fact, the Hungarians had expected more but they did not get it. On October 23rd 1956, students and workers took to the streets of Budapest (the capital of Hungary ) and issued their Sixteen Points which included personal freedom, more food, the removal of the secret police, the removal of Russian control etc. Poland had already been granted rights in 1956 which had been gained by street protests and displays of rebellion. Hungary followed likewise.
On October 31st, 1956, Nagy broadcast that Hungary would withdraw itself from the Warsaw Pact. This was pushing the Russians too far and Kadar left the government in disgust and established a rival government in eastern Hungary which was supported by Soviet tanks. On November 4th, Soviet tanks went into Budapest to restore order and they acted with immense brutality even killing wounded people. Tanks dragged round bodies through the streets of Budapest as a warning to others who were still protesting. Reasons as to why America and Europe hesitated to intervene include the geographical location of Hungary, and the Suez Crisis was under way simultaneously with the Hungarian revolution. The Suez crisis played far more threat to America and Europe than the suffering of Hungarians, which is why focus was drawn towards other problems as opposed to the Hungarian revolution.
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