Revolution in Hungary, 1956SarmientoBarretoCanales
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ContextTheworldisleavingbehindthewar and enteringthecoldwar(1945-1989)Stalin died in 1953Khrushchevjustreplaced Stalin as leader of the USSRRiots in Poland in 1956 tokickouttherussiansKhrushchev gave a speech in february 1956, saying Stalin was a tyrantwithsatelitecountries
A Change in the USSRJoseph StalinNikitaKhruschev
The “SecretSpeech”On February 25, 1956, at the Twentieth Party Congress, he delivered the "Secret Speech", denouncing Stalin's purges and ushering in a less repressive era in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Outside?: Riots in PolandIn June 1956, scores of demonstrators died when army troops quelled street riots in Poland, inaugurating a recurrent phenomenon of Polish worker protest against the self-proclaimed workers' state.
Change of Leader in PolandMátyás RákosiImreNagi
InsideHungaryHungary became a communist state under the severely authoritarian leadership of Mátyás Rákosi.Russian language study and Communist political instruction were made mandatory in schools.The Hungarian National Bank in 1946 estimated the cost of reparations as "between 19 and 22 per cent of the annual national income.“Huge income deductions to finance industrial investment reduced disposable personal income; mismanagement created chronic shortages in basic foodstuffs resulting in rationing of bread, sugar, flour and meat.
Before the Revolution – Students CommunitiesAfter the bury of László Rajk, some students in Hungary decided to form the MEFESZ (Hungarian abbreviation for the Unified Organization of Hungarian College and university students).These organizations went out to the streets in Budapest
THE REVOLUTIONIn october 23 of 1956 explote therevolution in HungaryThousands organized into militias, battling the State Security Police (ÁVH) and Soviet troops
The new government formally disbanded the ÁVH, declared its intention to withdraw from the Warsaw Pact and pledged to re-establish free elections.
The revolt began as a student demonstration which attracted thousands as it marched through central Budapest to the Parliament building.Soviet Troops in HungaryOn 1 November, Imre Nagy received reports that Soviet forces had entered Hungary from the east and were moving towards Budapest.At 3:00 a.m. on 4 November, Soviet tanks penetrated Budapest along the Pest side of the Danube in two thrusts.
USSR TanksThe USSR senttankstoHungarytotakethe country back in line.
ConsequencesPeople escaped from Hungary and lots of Hungarians died, Budapest was destroyed.City destroyedPeople scared running
A new Change in HungaryImreNagiWasarrested in Budapest, and forcedtoleavethe place as presidentbythe soviets.
Cosequences: Nagy HangedImre Nagy washanged in MoscowThemessage of the USSR wasclear: No Rebelsonhis Soviet Satellites.

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