The Hungarian Uprising

Question 1

Who was the leader of Hungary from 1949-1956

Answer 1

Matyas Rakosi - hardline communist

Question 2

What are the reasons for the Hungarian Uprising (7)

Answer 2

• Hungarians hated the restrictions imposed on them
• No freedom of speech
• Matyas Rakosi
• Fear of secret police
• presence of thousands of soviet troops and officials in Hungary
• Hungarians had to pay for soviet forces to be in Hungary
• Hungarian schools, shops, street signs etc replaced by russian ones

Question 3

When was the first opposition

Answer 3

June 1956

Question 4

What was the opposition

Answer 4

Communist party in hungary opposed rakosi, complained to khruschev, rakosi retied for “health reasons”

Question 5

Who was leader of hungary for a short time in 1956

Answer 5

Erno Gero

Question 6

When/ what were protest example

Answer 6

student demonstration,,, 23 oct 1956,,, statue of stalin in budapest pulled down

Question 7

what reforms were made in 1956 after rakosi left(3)

Answer 7

new gv under respected imre nagy,,, hungarians created local councils to replace soviet power… thouasnds of hungarian soldiers defected from the army to join rebel cause

Question 8

What were plans made by Nagis gov (6)

Answer 8

free elections, impartial court, private ownership of farmland, withdrawal of soviet army, leave warsaw pact, hungary neutral in cold war

Question 9

Why did ussr retaliate

Answer 9

hugary wanted to leave warsaw

Question 10

what/when was retaliation by ussr

Answer 10

nov 1956, ussr troops moved into budapest, 3000 hungarians dead

Question 11

who was leader after uprising n what did he do

Answer 11

janos kadar,,, cautiously introduced some reforms, 35000 resistance arrested 300 executed

Question 12

who was ussr leader during hungarian uprsing

Answer 12

nikita khrushev

Question 13

aftermath of hungarian uprising (4)

Answer 13

• imre nagy imprisoned and executed
• 35000 resistance imprisoned 300 executed
• hardline communism reestablished by janos kadar
• hungary remaind prosoviet

Question 14

positives of uprising for ussr/khruschev (3)

Answer 14

• militray victory,
• no other uprisings for 10 years
• UN/western powers looked useless as they were preoccupied with suez canal

Question 15

negatives of uprising for ussr/khruschev (5)

Answer 15

• khruschev looked harsh/cruel
• made it look like communism could only survive through force and violence
• showed destalinization didnt work
• ussr lost support of china
• worsned relations with west (no peaceful coexistence)