Hungary 1956 Flashcards
What was a factor which caused riots in hungary ‘56
Poverty, russian control, catholic church
Why were hungarians living in poverty
Much of the food and industrial goods produced were sent to Russia
What made hungarians hate russian control
They hated russian control which included censorship, russians controlled what was taught and they were controlled by the vicious secret police
Why was the catholic church a factor in the hungarian upsring
The leader of the catholic church was inprisoned and catholisism was banned as a whole
What happened during riots
Stalin statue destroyed, secret police attacked and protests
What was Imre Nagy’s goal after taking over from Rakosi
To destalansise hungary
What did Nagy do to improve the moral in hungary
He implemented free elections, freedom of speech, catholocism was allowed and announced on the 3rd nov he was leaving warsaw pact
What was the result of him leaving the warsaw pact
1000 tanks rolled into Budapest, 200,000 people fled
Imre Nagy was hanged
And khrushev implemented a new government
Why did khrushev act so harshly
He wanted this to be a lesson to the hungarians
Hard liners forced khrushev to take action
Russia was determined to keep it’s buffer states
Why didn’t the west help
England and France involved in a egyption crisis
Eisenhover didn’t want to start a war
Consequences of the event
200,000 fled
Russia remained in control
Communist party’s removed in west
Made west determined to contain communism
