Hungarian Revolution

Question 1

Who was the secretary of the Hungarian Communist Party?

Answer 1

Rakosi

Question 2

When did Rakosi fall from power?

Answer 2

July 1956

Question 3

What happened in October 1956?

Answer 3

Students, workers and soldiers in Hungary attacked the AVH (the secret police) and smashed a statue of Stalin

Question 4

What year did Imre Nagy become Prime Minister?

Answer 4

24 October 1956

Question 5

Why did the Russian army pull out of Budapest?

Answer 5

Nagy asked Khrushchev to move the Russian troops out. Khrushchev agreed on 28 October 1956

Question 6

What did the new Hungarian government introduce?

Answer 6

• Democracy
• Freedom of speech
• Freedom of religion

Question 7

What year did Nagy announce that Hungary were going to leave the Warsaw pact?

Answer 7

3 November 1956

Question 8

What happened to Hungary on the 4 November 1956?

Answer 8

1,000 Russian tanks rolled into Budapest. They destroyed the Hungarian army

Question 9

What is Polarisation of the Cold War?

Answer 9

• People in the West were horrified
• Many Communists left the Communist Party
• Western leaders became more determined to contain communism

Question 10

What was Repression in Hungary?

Answer 10

• Thousands of Hungarians were arrested and imprisoned

- 200,000 Hungarian refugees fled to Austria.