Hungarian uprising

Question 1

Causes of Hungarian uprising

Answer 1

Hungry is economy was controlled by Comecon which prevented hungry trading with Western Europe and receiving Marshall aid
Hungry was forced to trade or even terms with the Soviet union which meant hungry did not always receive a fair price for its exports of goods
Hungarian Communist Party use terror and brutality to keep control
Like a freedom of speech
rigged elections
Catholicism was banned

Question 2

Who did Khrushchev replace the Hungarian leader with

Answer 2

Nagy

Question 3

Events of the Hungarian uprising

Answer 3

November 1956 Nagy announced that Hungary would leave the Warsaw Pact
Khrushchev could not allow this as other European countries might follow
Khrushchev ordered a Soviet invasion of Hungary
 Supporters of Nagy put up a fight 20,000 killed
New communist government was set up under Kadar
Nagi was kidnapped by Soviet agent and tried and executed

Question 4

What did Khrushchev say about Nagis death

Answer 4

A lesson to the leaders of all the socialist countries

Question 5

What were the reactions of this in Hungary

Answer 5

200,000 refugees fled Hungary to Western Europe
Nagy was kidnapped and executed and buried tied face down and tied with barbed
wire
Hungary returned to its pre uprising state completely controlled by USSR

Question 6

Reactions outside the USSR

Answer 6

Austria took in refugees
Nagy asks help from USA but military support was not offered as it would’ve been an act of war at the height of the arms race

Question 7

Impact on the west and east relation

Answer 7

Khrushchev look more powerful
Warsaw pact means intact
Khrushchev not afraid of USA
USA look weak
USA look like liars never came to help

Question 8

Why did Nagy believe he could get away with this

Answer 8

Believed Khrushchevs criticism of Stalin would lead to a softer approach with satellite states but he was wrong