hungarian uprising Flashcards
what did khrushchev say in his secret speech
he critiscied stalin and his actions
how could the secret speech affect countries like hungary
they could see a chance to be captalist
how did rakosi keep control of hungary
terror and brutality
how many did rakosi kill in the purges
estimated 2000
how many political opponents did rakosi imprison
200,000
what did the hungarians fear
persecution by the secret police
who replaced rakosi
nagy
what 3 reforms did nagy want
leave the WP and become a neutral country
hold free elections leading to no more single party communist goverments
un protection from sv
why was nagy’s proposed reforms a problem for the sv
because then other countries in East.E would follow and the warsaw pact would collapse
what did destalinisation mean
that the sv was no longer a dictatorship and now a one party state
what did hungarians mistakenly believe about destalinisation
that it would bring an end to communism in hungary
was khrushchev happy with the reforms
no
what did khrushchev claim was happening to communists in hungary
that they were being slaughtered
were communists actually killed in hungray
to an extent, communists were killed and the secret police were attacked in violence
how many hungarians were killed during the uprising
5000
