the soviet control in hungary Flashcards
who became the new soviet leader after stalin’s death?
khrushchev
what khruschev indicate about soviet control?
it would relax
what did hungary try to do which made soviet control tighten?
tried to move away from soviet control
why did ussr control tighten when hunagry wanted to move away?
khrushchev was worried that if hungary left the warsaw pact than other countries will follow
define ‘destalinisation’
where the ussr no longer itself as a dictatorship but became a one-party state instead
october 1956
poor harvests and bread shortages were happening
so hungarians started acting against communism by:
- attacking the local communists
- pulling statues of stalin down
who did khrushev bring in to hopefully calm down the hungarians in protest?
imre nagy
matyas rakosi
a brutal leader
claimed he was “ stalin’s best pupil “
