The Hungarian Revolution Flashcards
0
Q
What happened to the Hungarian government in July 1956?
A
Stalinist secretary of Hungarian communist party ,Rakosi ,fell from power
1
Q
What sparked the Hungarian uprising?
A
Death of Stalin
2
Q
Who took over as prime minister in Hungary?
A
Imre Nagy
3
Q
What did Nagy as Krushchev to do?
A
Pull Russian troops out, which he did on 28 oct 1956
4
Q
What happened after 5 days of freedom in Hungary?
A
Nagy announced that they were going to leave the Warsaw Pact so Krushchev sent in 1000 tanks
5
Q
Who did Krushchev place in charge of Hungary?
A
Janos Kadar
6
Q
Why did Hungarians hate Russian control?
A
- lack of freedom
- they were religious and ussr banned religion and imprisoned the cardinal
7
Q
Effects of Hungarian revolution
A
- 200,000 Hungarians fled to Austria
- kept ussr in control (no one tried to get rid of them until Czech in 1968)
- convinced the west of communists evil
